Senior advocate Darius Khambata returns as trustee of 2 Tata TrustsIn late 2016, Khambata quit the trusts citing professional commitments as the reason. That was just before the dispute between the Tata Tru...
20 Nov, 2023, 11.08 PM IST
Tata Trusts said to have roped in senior advocate Darius KhambataThe Tata Trusts are consulting legal experts to examine the possibility of including a specific clause in the trust deeds to the effect tha...
08 Sep, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
JRD Tata was the first pilot of Air India, took charge of the cockpit in 1932Jeh got his flying licence in 1929, three years before AI's first flight.
11 Feb, 2022, 04.31 PM IST
Air India is now a Tata property, 69 years after the group ceded controlTata Sons -- which got the go ahead to buy Air India after offering $2.4 billion -- faces an uphill task to revive a carrier that hasn’t ma...
27 Jan, 2022, 05.24 PM IST
Can Tatas nurse Air India back to health? The answer lies buried in historyMany privately fear that the Tatas may have overstretched itself this time. Was it foolhardy? Indubitably, the decision has an underlying e...
15 Oct, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
The legacy that Tata needs to tap into as it goes for a second flight on Air IndiaJRD’s connection with flying went far deeper than just business. It survived not just the problems of the industry, but also more personal ...
09 Oct, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
Air India sale: Tata Group looking at bid to fly the bird it founded 87 years ago back homeGovt has shown willingness to exit Air India, as opposed to its earlier plan of retaining a minority 24%.
05 Nov, 2019, 02.25 PM IST
65 years later, Tatas about to revive JRD's aviation successTata group is in talks with Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways to merge the airline into Vistara and buy out the promoters and shareholders.
15 Nov, 2018, 03.01 PM IST
64 years after Air India's nationalisation, Tata Group looking at bid to fly its bird back homeTata Sons set up Tata Airlines in 1932. JRD Tata, the legendary entrepreneur, himself flew the first flight between Karachi and Bombay.
10 Oct, 2017, 04.39 PM IST
Cyrus Mistry's ouster: Do we say goodbye Tata?The Tata board must produce a detailed, convincing story to justify its actions. Reputations are difficult to build and easy to destroy.
26 Oct, 2016, 08.53 AM IST
Ratan Tata speaks out against incumbent airlines opposing abolition of 5/20 ruleTata didn't name any airline in his statement. But the incumbents include Go Air, SpiceJet, IndiGo and Jet Airways which voice their dissen...
22 Feb, 2016, 03.25 AM IST
VT-DFR: 65 years of flying legacyStill owned by the BFC, the oldest flying school in India, VT-DFR's legacy includes being flown by JRD Tata, the first commercial pilot of ...
24 Jan, 2016, 04.48 PM IST
Tata Sons ties up with Bombay Heritage Walks for weekend walking tours for its employeesThe business group takes staff back in history by organising Bombay Heritage Walks every week in an effort to reacquaint them with the comp...
28 Jan, 2015, 11.50 AM IST
Vistara's first aircraft lands in Delhi, to undergo checksAircraft was delivered on September 25 and had gone to Singapore for being painted with the aubergine and gold coloured logo and livery of ...
15 Oct, 2014, 08.49 PM IST
Deals with Singapore Airlines & AirAsia: Ratan Tata’s aviation dreams finally takeoffRatan Tata may have hung up his boots as chairman of Tata Sons last December, but he hasn’t hung up on his aviation dream.
06 Oct, 2013, 06.51 AM IST
- India's oldest flying school 'Bombay Flying Club' to close after DGCA crackdown over bending rules
Reports of unqualified pilots have added to worries over India’s rickety air safety record. Earlier this year, the DGCA cancelled licences ...
04 Aug, 2011, 01.17 AM IST
- Aero-modelling show on Tata Steel founder's birth anniversary
A spectacular aero-modelling show was organised here by Tata Steel to mark its founder Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata's 168th birth anniversary...
03 Mar, 2007, 02.20 PM IST