Hyderabad | 26 minutes ago
Cathay Pacific launches cargo service to Hyderabad
Hyderabad, May 17 - Air cargo major Cathay Pacific Thursday announced its expansion in India with a new twice-weekly freighter service to Hyderabad.The service will operate on the Hong Kong-Delhi-Bangalore-Hyderabad-Hong Kong route every Thursday and on the Hong Kong-Chennai-Hyderabad-Hong Kong route on Sundays.The move makes Cathay Pacific the first airline to offer air cargo services linking Hyd ... read more

New Delhi | 23 hours ago
Cracks among pilots, only one flight cancelled
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 16 - Cracks appeared among the striking Air India pilots Wednesday as some of them returned to work and the management said it expects more to follow.The Indian Pilots Guild -, however, denied this, saying their strike was very much on.'Three pilots who were reporting sick have reported back. We expect many more to join work and after that we can start our discussions with th ... read more

1 day ago
Greek turmoil drives global stocks down
Moscow, May 16 - The near certainty of Greece's departure from the eurozone, and doubt about what could happen in the aftermath of this, has seen global stocks take a further battering Wednesday.Asian stocks accelerated their slide in the Wednesday trading session, with the Korean and Hong Kong stock indexes shedding more than three percent.Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed down 3.24 percent to 19,250 ... read more

New Delhi | 5 days ago
AI pilots say they are ready for talks, management is not
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 12 - The agitating pilots of Air India Saturday said they are willing to hold unconditional talks with the government to end the impasse caused by their five-day strike, but claimed the management is not keen to listen to their demands.'We have written to them - several times in the past, letting them know of our demands. We are very willing to hold talks, discussions with th ... read more

New Delhi | 5 days ago
Air India crisis deepens, sacks another 25 pilots
New Delhi, May 11 - Air India Friday sacked another 25 protesting pilots - taking to 71 the number dismissed - and asked aviation regulator Directorate General Of Civil Aviation - to cancel their flying licenses.The development comes even as the airline said it is working on a contingency plan to salvage its international operations as the pilots' agitation entered its fourth day, forcing the air ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Ajit Singh meets PM, asks pilots to get back to work
New Delhi, May 11 - Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Friday said the agitating Air India pilots must return to work after which all their issues can be discussed.As the agitation entered the fourth day forcing the airline to cancel six more flights, including one of Air India Express, and reschedule over a dozen, Singh met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and apprised him of the steps initiated to ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Air India grounds bulk of Boeing 777 fleet
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 11 - National carrier Air India Friday grounded the bulk of its Boeing 777 fleet as the pilots' agitation continued for the fourth day, an official said.'We have almost grounded the fleet of 777s. Some are stationed in Mumbai and the rest are in Delhi. Some are operating to destinations like Hong Kong and Shanghai, but it depends on the availability of pilots,' a senior Air I ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Air India moves Supreme Court as pilots strike rocks parliament
New Delhi, May 10 - Air India Thursday moved the Supreme Court to force the striking pilots back to work as their agitation dragged on for the third day affecting the carrier's operation and rocking both houses of parliament with members saying the protest action is destroying the national airline and sending wrong signals to the world outside.The airline filed a criminal contempt against the agit ... read more

New Delhi | 7 days ago
Nine pilots sacked, eight flights cancelled
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 10 - The pilots' agitation in Air India continued for the third day Thursday forcing the management to cancel eight more international flights, stop bookings on some major long-haul routes for the next five days and sack nine more pilots.'We had to cancel eight international flights from Delhi and Mumbai. Rest all international flights are operating per schedule,' a senior Ai ... read more

8 days ago
Bats, whales have surprisingly similar bio-sonars
Copenhagen, May 9 - Though they evolved separately over millennia in different worlds of darkness, bats and toothed whales use surprisingly similar acoustic behaviour to locate, track, and capture prey using echolocation, the biological equivalent of sonar.Now, thanks to new technology that records what a whale hears as well as how it moves in the ocean deep, Peter Teglberg Madsen of Denmark's Aar ... read more