Air India Pilots On Strike

A section of pilots of Alliance Air went on strike on Friday over salary issues, resulting in the cancellation of some flights, according to sources close to PTI.

Hurtling down the runway in Pune at a speed of more than 222 kilometres per hour this morning, pilots of an Air India aircraft noticed a jeep and a man in their way, prompting them to carry out a premature and emergency takeoff. Though a major catastrophe was averted, this resulted in the tail striking the surface of the runway, damaging the fusela...

The Rajasthan education department has proposed that a chapter on the valour of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman be included in school textbooks.

India waited anxiously as the return of Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, captured by Pakistan on Wednesday, was delayed. The pilot was to be handed over by Pakistan to India after 6 pm at the Attari-Wagah Border.

Pakistan's ambassador to Washington today said that the United States has not condemned India's air strikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp on Tuesday, saying the stance "emboldened" New Delhi. The complaint comes amid the worst escalation between India and Pakistan in decades and a day after an Indian Air Force pilot was captured by Pakistan aft...

The MiG-21 Bison fighter jet of the Indian Air Force that shot down an advanced American-origin F-16 of the Pakistani Air Force today was a highly upgraded version of the Vietnam-era Soviet jet. A common thing between the two fighter jets is that both have been continuously upgraded and have seen extensive combat use by nations that purchased them ...

Hours after Pakistan said that it captured two Indian Air Force pilots today, its military went back on the claim to clarify that it has "only one" in custody. Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted a photograph of the pilot who was shot down earlier in the day, along with a caption that read: "There is only one pilot under Pakistan Army's custody."

An Indian pilot who was declared "missing in action" after an Air Force fighter jet shot down a Pakistani aircraft targeting military installations in India, is in Pakistan's custody, the government has confirmed. Pakistan had earlier on Wednesday claimed it had captured the pilot, as a video circulated by Pakistani accounts showed a man in uniform...

Twelve days after the suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, India today carried out air strikes on terror camps across the Line of Control. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi showed cautious support. "I salute the pilots of the IAF," his tweet read.

The pilots' union of state-run carrier Air India on Tuesday said they would go on a strike if the management "victimised" any pilot over not following changes in the duty roster system due to non-payment of flying allowance.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar aircraft has crashed in Gujarat's Kutch, killing the pilot. Reports suggest the plane flew from the Jamnagar air base and crashed near a village.

After new details emerged of one of the most successful ground attack missions in the history of the Indian Air Force, two distinguished veterans, both legends in their own right, believe that the Air Headquarters needs to re-open its file on the IAF strike mission to Murid in Pakistan during the 1971 war and credit some of the pilots who have neve...

According to the analysis, the pilots were found operating flights for 6.5 hours on domestic and seven hours on international sectors, against the DGCA guidelines of nine and 10 hours respectively.

IndiGo cancelled just 0.3 per cent of its total flights between July 2011 and June this year. On the other hand, Air India, which faced a 58-day-long strike by its pilots, had the most number of its flights cancelled (3.4 per cent).

Air India pilots, who called off their 58-day strike on Tuesday, and the management today failed to resolve the deadlock in the first round of conciliation talks before the Labour Commissioner in New Delhi.

A section of pilots of Alliance Air went on strike on Friday over salary issues, resulting in the cancellation of some flights, according to sources close to PTI.

Hurtling down the runway in Pune at a speed of more than 222 kilometres per hour this morning, pilots of an Air India aircraft noticed a jeep and a man in their way, prompting them to carry out a premature and emergency takeoff. Though a major catastrophe was averted, this resulted in the tail striking the surface of the runway, damaging the fusela...

The Rajasthan education department has proposed that a chapter on the valour of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman be included in school textbooks.

India waited anxiously as the return of Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, captured by Pakistan on Wednesday, was delayed. The pilot was to be handed over by Pakistan to India after 6 pm at the Attari-Wagah Border.

Pakistan's ambassador to Washington today said that the United States has not condemned India's air strikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp on Tuesday, saying the stance "emboldened" New Delhi. The complaint comes amid the worst escalation between India and Pakistan in decades and a day after an Indian Air Force pilot was captured by Pakistan aft...

The MiG-21 Bison fighter jet of the Indian Air Force that shot down an advanced American-origin F-16 of the Pakistani Air Force today was a highly upgraded version of the Vietnam-era Soviet jet. A common thing between the two fighter jets is that both have been continuously upgraded and have seen extensive combat use by nations that purchased them ...

Hours after Pakistan said that it captured two Indian Air Force pilots today, its military went back on the claim to clarify that it has "only one" in custody. Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted a photograph of the pilot who was shot down earlier in the day, along with a caption that read: "There is only one pilot under Pakistan Army's custody."

An Indian pilot who was declared "missing in action" after an Air Force fighter jet shot down a Pakistani aircraft targeting military installations in India, is in Pakistan's custody, the government has confirmed. Pakistan had earlier on Wednesday claimed it had captured the pilot, as a video circulated by Pakistani accounts showed a man in uniform...

Twelve days after the suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, India today carried out air strikes on terror camps across the Line of Control. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi showed cautious support. "I salute the pilots of the IAF," his tweet read.

The pilots' union of state-run carrier Air India on Tuesday said they would go on a strike if the management "victimised" any pilot over not following changes in the duty roster system due to non-payment of flying allowance.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar aircraft has crashed in Gujarat's Kutch, killing the pilot. Reports suggest the plane flew from the Jamnagar air base and crashed near a village.

After new details emerged of one of the most successful ground attack missions in the history of the Indian Air Force, two distinguished veterans, both legends in their own right, believe that the Air Headquarters needs to re-open its file on the IAF strike mission to Murid in Pakistan during the 1971 war and credit some of the pilots who have neve...

According to the analysis, the pilots were found operating flights for 6.5 hours on domestic and seven hours on international sectors, against the DGCA guidelines of nine and 10 hours respectively.

IndiGo cancelled just 0.3 per cent of its total flights between July 2011 and June this year. On the other hand, Air India, which faced a 58-day-long strike by its pilots, had the most number of its flights cancelled (3.4 per cent).

Air India pilots, who called off their 58-day strike on Tuesday, and the management today failed to resolve the deadlock in the first round of conciliation talks before the Labour Commissioner in New Delhi.