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Initially, an Air India Flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv on Saturday and a return flight from Tel Aviv to New Delhi were cancelled in the wake of Hamas attack on Israel.

According to the airline, the decision was taken considering the interests and safety of the passengers and crew.

Air India's official handle on X shared, "Presenting the inaugural glimpse of the splendid A350 in our new livery, fresh from the paint shop in Toulouse. Our A350 fleet will begin arriving this winter... @Airbus."

However, the crew later had to restrain him as he continued making racist comments and showed disrespect towards the country (India).

The AI 149 flight, which was scheduled to take off with 252 passengers on board at 2.15 pm, returned from the taxiway at 2.30 pm and everyone was deboarded as the aircraft was checked for the cause of the technical fault, the airline source said.

Currently, Air India has a fleet of 116 planes, including 49 wide-body aircraft. The total includes 27 B787-8s, 14 B777-300s, 8 B777-200LRs, 14 A319s, 36 A320 neos, 13 A321 ceos and 4 A321 neos.

Air India on Friday said that it has acquired India's first Airbus A350-900 aircraft through a finance lease transaction with HSBC

The last time when there was a change in uniforms for Air India staff was in 2015 and at that time, the loss-making carrier was under government control

Malhotra and his team have begun meeting Air India's frontline staff, conducting discussions and fitting sessions with them to better understand their specialised needs.

More than 100 passengers on board a Delhi to Pune Air India flight were made to wait for nearly two hours inside the aircraft allegedly due to the absence of the pilot.

Around 250 passengers had to wait inside an Air India aircraft for more than three hours at the Mumbai airport

There was no official comment from Air India, which had changed the uniforms of the crew back in 2015 when the carrier was under government control.

Air India's CEO Campbell Wilson, in an email to his colleagues said that the airline acknowledges and accepts the DGCA's finding, which is another firm reminder that the ways of working that once may have been considered acceptable are no longer so.

Aviation watchdog DGCA on Thursday said it has suspended the approval of Air India's Flight Safety Chief for one month for certain lapses

As per the airlines, the service is currently available for all Australia-bound flights as well as all for all flights within India.

Air India has introduced a tool in its rostering system that will help in mitigating fatigue among pilots as well as put in place various initiatives to ensure the stability of rosters and minimise disruptions.

An internal audit will be conducted within this 30-day window, and the results of the review will be subsequently shared with us, said a DGCA official

The approval for the proposed combination was sought from CCI in April this year. The CCI in June asked for more details with respect to the proposed merger.

A decision on the restoration of the training at the facility will be taken once the documents' “verification” process is completed, the source said.

A two-member inspection team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has found lapses in internal safety audits of Air India and the regulator is probing the matter