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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicAir India

Topic: Air India

Air India’s jumbo buy of 470 jets could get higher – to 840

Air India owners Tata Group has said that there are optional buys of 370 more planes.

Why Air India’s jumbo order for 470 jets could mark a turning point for Indian aviation

Almost all other Indian carriers are expected to order new aircraft in the next 24 months. India needs to add at least 500 planes to manage growing demand, says an aviation expert.

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.

All about fleet sizes of Air India versus major Indian airlines and international carriers

Air India has placed landmark orders for 470 jetliners from Airbus and Boeing as it carves out an ambitious renaissance under the Tata Group.

Tata-owned Air India to buy 250 jets from Airbus, can increase fleet order

Group Chairman N. Chandrasekaran said the fleet would consist of 40 wide-body A350 aircraft, and 210 narrow-body planes.

Air India agrees to buy 250 Airbus planes, says Tata Group chairman

The deal is part of a huge order by Air India for 470 planes which is expected to also include an order for 220 planes from Airbus rival Boeing.

Kerala-bound Air India Express flight lands back at Abu Dhabi airport after mid-air flameout

The airlines said all passengers in the B737-800 aircraft, 184 of them, were safe.

Delhi court grants bail to Shankar Mishra in Air India urination case

Mishra had allegedly urinated on a 70-year-old woman in an intoxicated condition in the business class of an Air India flight on 26 November last year.

Use Modi’s last full budget well to woo supply chains exiting China—Big, bold reforms

India’s FDI inflows hit an all-time high during Covid. But this spike was driven mainly by block investments into Reliance Jio.

Shankar Mishra accused in Air India ‘peeing’ incident banned by airline for 4 months

Mishra had allegedly urinated on an elder woman on Air India flight on 26 November last year. In the bail plea, he stated that he will continue to cooperate with the police in the future.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.