In a glaring instance of Air India's (AI) shoddy service, a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy had to go through the shocking experience of eating a good half of a worm that got mixed in the breakfast served on Pune-Delhi flight No. AI852 on September 11. By the time the passenger, Mahesh A. Patil, saw the worm, he had already eaten half of it along with the garlic sautéed spinach and peas served with spring omelette.   An aghast Patil cried in horror when he sa Read More....

Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel on Friday night trashed claims made by former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai about the former Civil Aviation Minister allegedly "nudging" Air India to go in for large-scale purchase of aircraft.   "I rubbish the claims made by Vinod Rai. A former bureaucrat, Mr Rai should know the rules of business of government. Decisions of such nature can only be taken after clearance of the Project Investment Board and a Read More....

Former comptroller and auditor general (CAG) Vinod Rai has made more damning revelations about Air India's plight under former Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel's regime.   In an exclusive interview to The Times of India, Rai has said that Air India sold Boeing 777 aircraft to Etihad at one-fifth the original price, thus incurring a huge loss.   The new disclosure comes just days after he alleged in an interview to Times Now that Patel “nudged” Read More....