Hundreds of passengers in several airports across the country bound for foreign trips faced woes as Air India cancelled its international flights after a section of pilots went on a flash strike since Monday. More than 150 pilots have not reported for duty since Monday, throwing the entire international flight schedule haywire. Outbound passengers in Delhi, Kerala, Mumbai and Amritsar are facing difficulties as their flights have been abruptly cancelled …

Solar radiation from a massive sun storm - the largest in nearly a decade - collided with the Earth's atmosphere on Tuesday, prompting an airline to reroute flights and skywatchers to seek out spectacular light displays. US carrier Delta Air Lines said it had adjusted flight routes for transpolar journeys between Asia and the United States to avoid problems caused by the radiation storm, a spokesman said. NASA confirmed the coronal mass ejection …

Mega power star Ram Charan Teja gets an exciting Charter Flight as engagement gift. Sources from Apollo family say that the Kamineni family has decided to gift Ram Charan a special charter flight on his engagement with Upasana Kamineni. This special charter flight is worth 120 crores and has been specially designed in Germany – much to Ram Charan’s taste and preferences. The charter flight is expected to arrive in Hyderabad this month and surely …

Silicon Valley-based AOptix on Monday introduced new "e-gates" that recognize faces as well as irises of passengers before opening to let them board flights. "This is what we call the future of passenger boarding," AOptix director of corporate communications Brian Rhea said as an InSight Duo electronic gate was tested at the San Jose International Airport in Northern California. AOptix e-gates that confirm identities based on iris scans are already …

Will superstar Rajinikanth fly to Singapore for further treatment? The newspapers of today (May 27) are at a buzz that Superstar Rajini is moving to Singapore for better treatment. He will be leaving India on Friday or Saturday morning by Singapore Airlines flight and Rajini’s family has booked a wheelchair passenger ticket for Rajini. For the last one month, Rajini is being treated for recurrent respiratory infection and gastro-intestinal problems …

National carrier Air India, reeling under a financial crisis with little funds for fleet expansion, will now get additional equity of Rs.1,200 crore ($250 million) from the government. The federal cabinet, in a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Thursday, approved the funding for the turnaround plan of National Aviation Co of India – the entity that runs Air India. The proposal, based on inputs from the national carrier, …

National carrier Air India (AI) Thursday reported a decrease in its net loss for the fiscal 2009-2010, which stood at Rs.5,551 crore as against a net loss of Rs.7,189 crore in the fiscal 2008-2009. According to the airline, the results were muted due to increase in depreciation cost by Rs.164 crore and interest, and financing charges of Rs.769 crore, which was an increase of 46 percent, on induction of more aircraft. The total expenditure also …

Prakash Raj home production film Payanam is going to hit the screens on December 3.The film is a bi lingual one which is titled as ‘Payanam’ in Tamil and ‘Gaganam’ in Telugu The film is based on a hijack drama of Indian Airlines flight IC 814 that takes place in Tirupati airport. Prakash Raj makes it clear that For this the unit erected a huge set similar to Tirupati airport at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad. The post production work of the film …

Nagarjuna’s forthcoming bilingual film titled ‘Payanam’ in Tamil and ‘Gaganam’ in Telugu is all set for the release on November 5th.The film is directed by ‘Aakasamantha’ fame Radha Mohan. Nagarjuna is playing a distinct role that has never been played by him ever before. Nag, who is considered as romantic hero, doesn’t even have a heroine beside him in the film. He will be playing the role of a commando in the film and so Nag has undergone a crash …

Air India has been ranked the “most trusted brand” in aviation for the fifth consecutive year by the Economic Times Brand Equity Survey 2010, the national carrier said Wednesday. “Air India has also been ranked 28th among the top 50 service brands, ahead of leading banks, insurance companies, food chains and airlines,” said an Air India spokesperson. The survey, conducted by Economic Times in collaboration with market research agency Nielsen, identifies …