Air India's iconic Boeing 747 'Queen of the Skies' takes final flight from MumbaiAir India bids farewell to its legendary Boeing 747 aircraft, known as the 'Queen of the Skies,' as it departs from Mumbai on its final fli...
22 Apr, 2024, 09.08 PM IST
Delhi-bound Lufthansa flight returns to Frankfurt due to technical issueA PTI correspondent who is on the flight said that after being airborne for around two hours, the captain announced that the aircraft is be...
15 Apr, 2023, 09.10 PM IST
Boeing's 747, the original jumbo jet, prepares for final send-offDesigned in the late 1960s to meet demand for mass travel, the world's first twin-aisle wide-body jetliner's nose and upper deck became the...
29 Jan, 2023, 09.21 PM IST
Air India Mandates Skytech-AIC to sell its four Boeing 747-400 planesIn a statement on November 21, Skytech-AIC said it has been appointed by Air India to market four Boeing 747-400s for outright sale. The ai...
23 Nov, 2022, 09.52 AM IST
Air India mandates Skytech-AIC to sell its four Boeing 747-400 jumbo aircraftApart from ferrying India's VVIPs president, vice president and prime minister the four jumbo planes were deployed on high density domestic...
22 Nov, 2022, 09.31 PM IST
Farewell to the 747, the plane that shrank the worldThe 747 was the first twin-aisle airplane, with more than double the capacity of the largest commercial craft at the time.
19 Dec, 2017, 12.14 AM IST
Air India to fly Boeing 747-400 aircraft on Kabul routeFor at least seven days, the national carrier would fly the bigger Boeing aircraft instead of Airbus 320 plane. It operates on Delhi-Kabul ...
12 May, 2017, 11.51 PM IST
Which plane PM Narendra Modi will take on his return home?Air India One, a Boeing 747-400 had carried Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Delhi to Berlin after halts in Paris, Toulouse and Hannover.
15 Apr, 2015, 11.14 PM IST
Lufthansa to launch longest plane on Mumbai-Frankfurt routeGerman carrier Lufthansa today said it will replace its Boeing 747-400 with the world's longest plane B747-8 on the Mumbai-Frankfurt route,...
07 May, 2014, 07.21 PM IST
- Pratibha Patil took along kin on Seychelles-South Africa trip
Since assuming office in July 2007, Patil has undertaken 12 foreign trips covering 22 countries across four continents .
02 May, 2012, 02.11 PM IST
- President Pratibha Patil's foreign trips cost record Rs 205 crore
President Pratibha Patil's wanderlust has cost the public exchequer a whopping Rs 205 crore on her foreign visits, surpassing the record of...
25 Mar, 2012, 04.46 PM IST
- 3 more special AI flights from Libya return with 1034 Indians
A total of 1,034 Indians arrived here by three special flights of Air India today from strife-torn Libya, taking the number of evacuees fro...
03 Mar, 2011, 05.50 PM IST
- Boeing's 747-8 freighter completes first flight
The huge plane took off from Everett's Paine Field shortly after noon PST (2000 GMT) and returned to Paine at 4:18 pm PST after an approxim...
09 Feb, 2010, 10.05 AM IST
- AI's jumbo send-off after jumbo spend
By the first week of January, the iconic jumbo jet with its distinct hump-like upper deck will no longer be a part of Air India’s fleet.
28 Oct, 2009, 11.24 AM IST
- RGIA poised to emerge as cargo hub in India: GHIAL official
World-class cargo facilities at RGIA has opened up exciting opportunities for large-bodied freighter planes with the first two air charters...
09 Sep, 2008, 10.09 PM IST
- Air India trims 'excess' cabin crew
Air India trims its cabin crew to do away with excess staff while maintaining international standards.
11 Mar, 2007, 02.49 AM IST
- Air India profit declines by Rs 16.29 cr
The sources said the airline, in the past eight months, has managed to save 400,000 US dollars due to hedging on oil lifted from abroad.
26 Sep, 2006, 04.30 PM IST