Economic impact of Covid has prompted airlines to look for new revenue streams. Qantas Airways rented a Dreamliner for sightseeing trips over Antarctica while AirAsia started selling produce.
SpiceJet and its promoter Ajay Singh were asked to deposit the money as interest payable on Rs 579 crore under a 2018 arbitration in a share transfer dispute involving Maran.
It will be the first Indian budget carrier to fly to the US after India suspended international flights. Currently, only Air India is operating flights on India-US routes.
IndiGo and SpiceJet have now joined Air India in transporting medical equipment, medicines, food supplies and other relief material across the country.
Boeing recommends simulator training for pilots of 737 Max, which was grounded last year following two fatal crashes linked to its flight-control software.
According to SpiceJet, a flight was delayed by almost 45 minutes after BJP MP Pragya Thakur, who was in a wheelchair, refused to move to a non-emergency row seat.
I don’t believe that the US-India relationship has deteriorated beyond repair. There are ways of handling Trump, even if the Pakistanis have outplayed us this year.
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