Air India in another 'pee-gate' row: Business class passenger urinates on fellow traveller, banned for 30 daysAir India is grappling with another onboard misconduct incident as a passenger on a Delhi-to-Bangkok flight urinated on a fellow traveler. ...
10 Apr, 2025, 01.07 PM IST
'Two drinks per person': Inside Europe's largest airline's fight to limit destruction by drunk passengers on flightsRyanair is urging the EU to impose a limit of two alcoholic drinks per passenger at airports, to curb disruptive behavior on flights. This ...
15 Jan, 2025, 06.05 PM IST
Surat-Bangkok flight runs out of liquor: When you're 30,000 feet up in the clouds, the rules stay groundedThe first Air India Express flight from Surat to Bangkok had very high alcohol sales. Passengers, flying from dry Gujarat, enjoyed the onbo...
23 Dec, 2024, 08.41 AM IST
Centre, state support to help achieve $1 billion exports of alcoholic beverages: CIABCThe Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) aims to achieve USD 1 billion in alcoholic beverage exports with support f...
18 Sep, 2024, 03.52 PM IST
Flyers safety can't be compromised, Delhi HC upholds pilot's licence suspension on positive alcohol testThe Delhi High Court emphasised the paramount importance of passenger safety and upheld the suspension of a pilot's flying license due to t...
16 Jul, 2024, 04.24 PM IST
Pee-Gate: It is airline's discretion how much alcohol you can get in-flight, says DGCAThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) clarified its stance on handling unruly passengers after a petition by a woman who was uri...
10 Apr, 2024, 03.16 PM IST
Post-pandemic binge: Alcohol imports jump 54% in April-JanuaryImports of mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) increased 13.5% to $6.63 billion in FY23 (April-January) compared with the previou...
21 Apr, 2023, 12.22 AM IST
Indian Oil & US-based LanzaJet to set up India's first green aviation fuel firmThe proposed venture will set up a plant to make SAF with alcohol-to-jet technology at the state-run company’s Panipat refinery in Haryana ...
13 Apr, 2023, 12.03 AM IST
Air India urination case: Woman victim moves SC for guidelines on unruly behaviourThe petitioner in the Air India urination case has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Director General of Civil Aviation (D...
20 Mar, 2023, 12.45 PM IST
Air India has 'enormous' potential; strong action taken against incidents of intoxication onboard flights: CEO Campbell WilsonWilson pointed out that the issue of intoxication is something that has been noted internationally and has been on the rise since Covid. It...
27 Feb, 2023, 03.13 PM IST
Air India modifies in-flight alcohol service policyThe Tata group-owned airline has been slapped with penalties in the last few days by DGCA for the unruly behaviour of passengers onboard tw...
24 Jan, 2023, 11.23 PM IST
Air India’s response should have been much swifter: N Chandrasekaran“Air India’s response should have been much swifter. We fell short of addressing this situation the way it should have been. The Tata Group...
08 Jan, 2023, 05.31 PM IST
Air India Urination Case: Airline de rosters crew of flight after show cause by DGCA, CEO says could have handled the issue better“Four cabin crew and one pilot have been issued show cause notices and de-rostered pending investigation, internal investigations into whet...
07 Jan, 2023, 01.53 PM IST
United Airlines faces boycott for 'Islamophobia' at 30,000 ftTahera Ahmad's Facebook post over the "clear" discrimination went almost immediately went viral yesterday.
31 May, 2015, 03.40 PM IST
UB group chairman Vijay Mallya to pursue legal action against 'wilful defaulter' tag"We were not given a hearing, we have not appeared before them, we disagree with their action and we shall pursue legal action," Mallya sai...
04 Sep, 2014, 05.03 PM IST
- Cabin crew demands limit on amount of alcohol that can be served
Flight attendants of several airlines have raised a pertinent question: why is there no wellspelt-out rule to tackle boorish and violent be...
18 Sep, 2008, 08.06 AM IST
- Virgin to offer carbon offsets alongside drinks and perfume
Travellers flying on Virgin Atlantic will soon be offered carbon offsets alongside alcohol and perfume in front of their fellow passengers ...
08 Nov, 2007, 08.26 AM IST