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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicAir India Tata

Topic: Air India Tata

Tata’s fights are going public. Why doesn’t its equity?

Two-thirds of Tata Sons Pvt. is owned by philanthropic trusts, an arrangement that grants them immense say over the group’s multi-billion-dollar dividends.

Pilot who invited woman friend to cockpit suspended for 3 months, Air India fined Rs 30 lakh

Airline fined for not taking prompt corrective action after complaint from crew; co-pilot warned for not being assertive enough.

‘Morale is low’: Air India pilots write to Ratan Tata as deadlock over revised job, salary terms continues

In letter to Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, more than 1,500 pilots say their 'concerns are not being heard or addressed by the current HR team' at Air India.

Air India pilots object to Tata’s new ‘draconian’ terms, wage structure. Threaten ‘unrest’ if forced to sign

In letter to airline's chief HR officer, 2 unions say pilots also not being provided 'stable roster' to plan their lives around. Air India says many employees have signed new contracts.

The last wedding, a post office & Ramlila at Air India Colony—memories of Maharaja’s staff

Residents of Air India Colony in Vasant Vihar lost a two-year legal battle when the Delhi High Court ordered their eviction, saying they are no longer govt employees and therefore not entitled to govt accommodation.

How secret London talks led to Air India’s 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft order

The announcement illustrates a rising breed of private airline owners transforming a financially-risky Indian airline sector, alongside the publicity-shy founders of IndiGo.

Tata’s Air India to seal half order of 495 jets with Boeing & others, say reports

Air India will seal the order with Boeing & engine suppliers General Electric & CFM International Friday after months of negotiations, as the Tata group seeks to revive the airline.

Air India crew hide greys, follow strict makeup while global airlines allowing tattoo, piercing

Many airlines expect their crew to follow strict dress codes and decorum, but Air India’s commandments even instruct members on what to say and not to say on social media.

Tata-owned Air India may introduce Airbus A350 jets by early 2023

Air India is polling pilots on whether they want to be trained to fly Airbus SE A350 jets, indicating that it intends to operate the model as it looks to renew its widebody fleet.

When a write-off is a triumph: Why Air India sale has both Tata & govt in buoyant mood

Govt could see deal as win considering airline’s dire debt spiral. Meanwhile, Tata should see scale of losses reducing quickly, & no more political attacks from ministers.

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.