BBC Newsflipped into Top StoriesIcon version of the Flipboard logo16 hours agoCaptain Smit Machchhar: Friend on Indian pilot hailed as a herobbc.co.uk - Soutik BiswasWhen Captain Dharav Gosalia first heard what had happened to his old friend Smit Machchhar, he had one immediate reaction. "I had goosebumps." The two men have known each other since they were about 20, when they were neighbours in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb, and began their flying training in New …
AOLflipped into Travel13 hours agoPilots make airliners less safe. We should stop having themAOL - Lewis PageSo, it has happened again. A pilot at the controls of an airliner full of passengers has attempted to crash the plane, killing everyone on board – and possibly many more at the crash site as occurred on 9/11. Fortunately in the case of Flydubai Flight 1073 this week, the other pilot heroically …
Al Jazeeraflipped into Global NewsTata v Tata: What’s behind India’s big boardroom brawl?Al Jazeera - By Yashraj SharmaIndia’s most famous conglomerate is knee-deep in feuds over who gets to decide the Tata Group’s future. New Delhi, India – An unprecedented power struggle has erupted at the top of one of India’s largest conglomerates, pitting the board of its holding company Tata Sons against its majority …
Icon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoAir India Has Bulked Up. Incoming CEO Tells Staff to Focus on Safety, Reliability — and Profitskift.com - Peden Doma BhutiaAir India has spent the past four years getting bigger. Its incoming CEO Tewolde Gebremariam now wants to make sure it gets better, and more …
The Straits Timesflipped into The Straits TimesIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoTata tussle sparks tremors from Singapore to Solihullstraitstimes.comThe future of Tata Group, the conglomerate behind Air India, Land Rover and iPhone manufacturing, hangs in the balance.
CNBCSep 24Inside India newsletter: Apple set to take a bigger bite of the world’s second-largest smartphone marketCNBC - Priyanka SalveHello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of "Inside India" — your one-stop destination for stories …
The Jerusalem Postflipped into Business and InnovationIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoAir India set to resume near-daily flights between Tel Aviv, Delhi starting Decemberjpost.com - AARON GLICKOnce flights resume, the company will join Ben-Gurion Airport's list of foreign long-haul carriers, which currently includes US carriers Delta Air …
The Globe and Mail5 days agoThere can be no expiration date on justice for the victims of the Air India bombingThe Globe and Mail - The Editorial BoardFor four decades, authorities have bungled the response to Canada’s worst terrorist attack, the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 that killed 329 people on board, 268 of them Canadians. On June 23, 1985, a bomb planted in a suitcase ripped apart Air India Flight 182 just off the coast of Ireland. …
ynet Globalflipped into israel travel3 days agoAir India to resume Israel flights Dec. 1 after more than seven monthsynet Global - Iris Lifshitz-KliegerAir India will resume flights to Israel on Thursday, Dec. 1, after a suspension of more than seven months, restoring the only direct air link between …
Fox Newsflipped into Latest NewsPilot’s sudden death during overnight layover puts spotlight on fatigue concernsFox News - Kelly McGrealAn Air India captain was found unresponsive in his hotel room during an overnight flight layover in New Delhi, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital. The captain has been identified as Sunny Sharad Asaldekar, 46, The New Indian Express reported. He had checked into the hotel on Thursday, and …
Icon version of the Flipboard logo6 days agoTata Sons Chairman Vote Tainted by Undisclosed TVS Motor Deal, Tata Trusts Claimstechtimes.com - Zachary ChambersTata Sons faces dual legal challenges after its September 17 board vote to reappoint N. Chandrasekaran: Tata Trusts alleges the director who cast the …
The New Zealand Heraldflipped into New Zealand Herald BusinessIcon version of the Flipboard logoAir NZ shareholders get no sausage rolls, no earnings guidance, no London flights any time soonnzherald.co.nz - John WeekesWith money tight, the sound of a forklift and the sight of a widebody aircraft’s rear end adorned Air New Zealand’s annual shareholder meeting …