November 7, 2012
An Air India pilot stuck to her position that she was forced to press the distress button in the cockpit after ‘a hijack-like situation’ unfolded on a Abu Dhabi-Kochi flight that was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram.
November 5, 2012
An Air India plane with 400 Haj pilgrims on board made an emergency landing at the NSC Bose International Airport, Kolkata after its fire alarm suddenly went off due to a technical glitch.
October 19, 2012
Air India Express flight No 4422 from Abu Dhabi to Kochi had landed at Thiruvananthapuram after being diverted towards the end of its journey which should have ended in Kochi.
September 29, 2012
About 120 passengers, including a pregnant woman and infants, were stranded at the Muscat International Airport after an Air India Express aircraft developed a technical snag.
September 22, 2012
Air India and its budget subsidiary, Air India Express abruptly suspends 168 flights between Kerala and Gulf destinations has left thousands of passengers scrambling for alternatives.
September 8, 2012
Air India’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrived in New Delhi, ending a four-year wait. Air India is the fifth airline to receive the fuel-efficient and eco-friendly aircraft. Among its other operators are All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines.
August 7, 2012
Air India Ltd is seeking a record $600 million (Dh2.2 billion) loan to repay its rupee debt, taking advantage of the lowest dollar borrowing costs in a year to cut its interest bill.
July 9, 2012
An Air India flight which took off from Abu Dhabi at midnight to New Delhi made an emergency landing in Sindh in Pakistan en route to the Indian capital. According to reports there were 130 passengers on board and the Airbus 319 made the landing reportedly due to a failure of the hydraulic brakes.
July 3, 2012
A 58-day long strike by a group of Air India pilots will come to an end as the agitating aviators assured the Delhi High Court that they will call off their stir within in the next 48 hours and join duty.
June 10, 2012
The presence of mind of two pilots saved the lives of 48 passengers and the crew on board a Guwahati-bound Air India plane after it was noticed one of the aircraft’s front wheels was missing as it came in to land.
May 23, 2012
The Air India pilot strike entered its 17th day with the national carrier’s losses reaching Rs2.7 billion (Dh178.5 million). “Losses per day are being contained to downwards of Rs10 crore (Rs100 million) in the current contingency plan,” the official said. The Delhi high court issues a contempt notice to 67 striking AI pilots and its representative body, Indian Pilots Guild for not complying with its order restraining them from continuing the illegal strike.
May 9, 2012
Delhi High Court came down heavily on the Air India pilots and termed their strike illegal.
May 8, 2012
Air India sacks 10 pilots who went on mass sick and derecognised the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG).
The mass sick leave began with around 150 pilots reporting ‘sick’, forcing the airline to cancel four international flights from Mumbai and New Delhi.
May 7, 2012
Air India pilots go on mass sick leave. The management suspends all flights to US, Canada and Europe.
April 13, 2012
Air India, the unprofitable state-owned carrier, may get government bailouts totalling Rs300 billion (Dh21.08 billion), an amount about five times the market value of the nation’s three listed airlines.
