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Air India is the flag carrier airline of India, with a history that spans over 88 years. Here are some unbelievable facts about Air India:

1. Oldest airline in India: Air India is the oldest airline in India and was founded in 1932 as Tata Airlines.
#AirIndia #AirIndiaFlight
2. International operations: Air India started its international operations in 1948, flying to London via Cairo and Geneva.

3. First all-women operated flight: In 1985, Air India made history by operating the world's first all-women crew flight from Mumbai to New York.
4. Guinness World Record: In 1987, Air India set a Guinness World Record for the longest non-stop flight, flying from Mumbai to New York without stopping.
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#AirIndia #pilots unhappy over salary revision. The airline has offered a guaranteed flying allowance equivalent of 40 hours, which used to be 70 hours pre pandemic and was brought down to 20 hours.
Multiple pilots said this in a nut shell: "The DGCA allows a minimum flying of 1,000 hours, which if you calculate leaves and training gives you approximately 72 to 73 hours per month. This has also long been a healthy number of flying hours after which a pilot can take ...(cont)
"a respectable salary home. But, if the airline under-utilises us, and gives us flying only for 40 hours we take home much less than pilots of other airlines and what we were already taking home pre-pandemic. There is also rising inflation to account." (crux of what many said)
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Vintage Air India - Let's go back in time...⌛

(🥇Golden age of #AirIndia)

Open thread...🧵 Image
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#LockheedMartin announced its decision to open 1st Heavy Maintenance center in #India.
It will be 1st of Kind in #Asia and 3rd in the #world after USA & Canada.
All C-130J aircrafts from the world will be serviced, maintenance & repaired here. @MeghUpdates
#Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) mulls localising production of the Sukhoi Superjet in #India. @OsintTV
HAL’s in Talks with Four Countries for Tejas Fighter Jet Exports
Malaysia has shortlisted 16 of the light fighter jets, while Argentina, Egypt and Botswana have expressed interest. @OsintTV
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[Air India peeing case] Delhi's Patiala House Court will hear today the bail plea of accused Shankar Mishra.

Mishra has been in judicial custody since Jan 11.

#airindiahorror #airindia #ShankarMishra
The bail plea will be heard by ASJ Harjyot Singh Bhalla at 10am.
#AirIndia #airindiaincident #ShankarMishra
Hearing starts.
Advocate for Mishra requests for passover.
#AirIndia #airindiaincident #ShankarMishra
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[#Peeing incident on #AirIndia flight] Delhi's Patiala House Court will soon hear the bail plea of accused #ShankarMishra.

Mishra was arrested by Police from Bengaluru on Friday and is in judicial custody.
#AirIndiaHorror @airindiain
Metropolitan Magistrate Komal Garg will hear the bail plea.
Hearing to start soon.
#ShankarMishra #AirIndiaincident @airindiain
Adv Manu Sharma appears for Mishra.
#ShankarMishra #AirIndiaincident @airindiain
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[#Peeing incident on #AirIndia flight] Delhi Police to soon produce accused #ShankarMishra before Patiala House Court.
Mishra was arrested by Police from Bengaluru yesterday.
#AirIndiaHorror @airindiain Image
Mishra to be produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Anamika soon.
#AirIndia #ShankarMishra
Hearing starts.
Mishra is represented by Advocate Manu Sharma.
#AirIndia #ShankarMishra
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With the whole #airindia case coming to light, I cannot truly explain how tired I am of entitled Indian men on flights. On my @emirates flight from Dubai to Delhi, a man asked me to sit in the middle seat, though I had booked and paid for an aisle seat. When I said no, he..contd
He said “aap ladies ho, aap andar baith jao.” Translating to because you are a woman you should sit inside. When I continued to refuse, he said “once I am drunk, then don’t blame me if i am on the middle seat.” He said all of this in Hindi, and while the crew didn’t understand
Everyone around me told them what he was saying. The @emirates staff first tried to tell me to keep sitting there, and when I loudly refused, they asked me to move right in front of the man who said “Dont hold me Accountable for my actions once I am drunk.” All because I wanted..
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#AirIndia Pee-Gate Case | Shankar Mishra, who urinated on an elderly woman while drunk on an Air India flight in November, in Delhi police custody after he was arrested from Bengaluru late on Friday night
#AirIndia passenger urinating case of November 26 | Accused Shankar Mishra being taken to IGI police station. He was arrested by Delhi police from Bengaluru last night | reported by news agency ANI
#WATCH | #AirIndia passenger urinating case of November 26: Accused Shankar Mishra brought to IGI police station. He was arrested by Delhi police from Bengaluru last night.

He will be produced before a court today | reported by news agency ANI
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#ShankarMishra incident has bought an important issue into the open - super entitled Indians behaving like arseholes on airplanes!

Have tweeted on this even before. But will quickly recap some incidents from the past.

Read for a fresh perspective.

#thread

cc @VishnuNDTV
Is it the first time that someone has peed or worse on an Indian airline?

Not quite!

This incident was from 2010!

Indian passengers already have a notorious reputation for bad behavior.

Attendants of many South East Asian airlines don't want to bid to operate to India classifying them as "hardship Flights".

Why?

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I ended up paying @airindiain well over 25k INR for one side DEL-BLR for a flight I had originally booked for around 13k INR because of the chaos at Delhi Airport at T3.
Here's what happened:
Delhi Airport's jammed with a lot of rush due to holiday season because of which I'd highly recommend reaching much earlier for your domestic or international flight.
I had a 7:30am flight through Air India for which I had reached the check-in counter with my baggage by 6:22, over an hour before the closing time.
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A Deep-Dive Thread on #RateGain 🧵🧵. Let's go!

Have you heard about the movie - The Bucket List?  Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman portray the amazing story of two travelers in their final years, The main plot follows two terminally ill men on their road trip
with a wish list of things to do before they finally say goodbye to the world. No, this thread isn't about that movie, but decoding a company that's enabling the world's incessant desire to TRAVEL, especially that's in Turbo mode after the world being locked up for 2 years...
Hotels are striving hard to optimize costs, improve RoI and reduce the CAC (customer acquisition cost) by generating direct revenue through metasearch platforms, RateGain finds itself in a sweet spot - with its Tech stack offering.
#Vision
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-Deputy head of #Taiwan defence ministry's research & development unit Ou Yang Li-hsing, leading missile production, found dead in S Taiwan hotel
-Traitors are in every country
-Reminds me of various #Indian scientists killed under mysterious circumstances

@LevinaNeythiri
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-8 Jun 2009:, 47-year-old senior scientific officer at the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in Karwar, Karnataka, L. Mahalingam went on a morning walk & never returned
-5 days later, his highly decomposed body was found Kali river.
-A DNA test confirmed his identity
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-24 Nov 2009: Tritium was mixed in drinking water at Kaiga Atomic Power Station
-More that 20 staff fell ill
-Over 90 staff received treatment
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@slakster @janusmyth JUST IN: #AirIndia 's AI 1947 enroute to #Kyiv to bring back Indians turns back mid-way after Ukraine closed its airspace to commercial aircraft, reports @jagritichandra #RussiaUkraineConflict
@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra Correction: #India has special relationship with #Russia and New Delhi can play a more active role in controlling the situation. We urge PM Modi to immediately contact President Putin and our President Zelensky, says Ambassador Igor Polikha of #Ukraine. #RussiaUkraineConflict
@slakster @janusmyth @jagritichandra #NATO ambassadors are to hold an emergency meeting this morning on Russia's attack on Ukraine, an alliance official told AFP.

Follow live updates on the #RussiaUkraineConflict here: thehindu.com/news/internati…
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Has TATA's selected a Turkish origin person as CEO to run #AirIndia ?
Heard he is supporter for many terrorists groups that works against India?
Has Mr Chadrasekar lost his mind !!
Did he not want this airlines to cone out of loss?!
Here is thread on him
Some idiots who don't know the background can read this thread & understand
Such a controversial figure!!
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I am shocked to learn of İlker Aycı's appointment as @airindiain's new CEO. He is a controversial figure from an unfriendly country - Turkey. A thread on him 👇

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He is known for his closeness to the Turkish dictator @RTErdogan's son, Bilal Erdoğan. Since becoming the board chairman of @TurkishAirlines in 2015, he filled it with graduates from Kartal İmam Hatip High School, an Islamic school in Istanbul which Bilal also attended.
Although he went to the prestigious Bilkent University, Ankara and Marmara University, Istanbul, he has no qualification in aviation at all. He was brought to the @TurkishAirlines because of his proximity to the Erdoğan family.
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The big event begins! Track all the latest on #Budget2022 right here with @ETNOWlive
@FinMinIndia @nsitharaman says this budget plans to steer India over the next 25 years #Budget2022
@FinMinIndia @nsitharaman kicks off talking about #disinvestment. Completion of #AirIndia, Neelachal Ispat and #LICIPO #Budget2022
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Air India were nationalised by Nehru in 1953

Since it's merger with Indian Airlines in 2007-08,Air India never made profit

Accumulated losses at Rs70820Cr till Aug2021,showcase how #AirIndia was bled for decades by corrupt Congress

@narendramodi finally did what had to be done
As on Aug 31,2021,Air India had total debt of Rs 61562Cr

About 75% of the debt has been transferred to a SPV,#AIAHL,before handing over airline to Tata Group

Indian taxpayers will no longer have to pay Rs 20Cr per day,to keep loss making #AirIndia flying,thx to @narendramodi
Congress expectedly attacked the decision,as selling of family silver

What Tata is getting is not a cash cow but an airline which is bleeding &money needs to be pumped in to refurbish obsolete aircraft

No employee to be sacked for 1yr &resizing of staff only after paying VRS
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[Air India Disinvestment] At 12PM, #MadrasHighCourt will continue hearing a plea by the Air Corporation Employees Union seeking protection of their rights before the disinvestment proceeds.

Follow this thread for live updates 👇🏽

#MadrasHC @airindiain
Hearing to begin shortly. The Central Government is expected to present its case to Justice V Parthiban today.

#MadrasHC #AirIndia
Hearing begins.

#MadrasHC #AirIndia
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[Air India Disinvestment] The Madras High Court will continue hearing a plea by the Air Corporation Employees Union seeking protection of their rights before the disinvestment proceeds.

Justice V Parthiban had previously granted a stay in the matter.

#MadrasHC @airindiain
ASGI Sankaranarayanan: We are ready. The #SolicitorGeneral is appearing.. he will be logging in.

Justice Parthiban: We will pass over the matter. I will run through the list.

#MadrasHC
Advocate Rama Priya, for the Petitioner Union: the matter arises out of the move to disinvest.. What we are concerned is, our service conditions must be protected.

#MadrasHC #AirIndia
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#DelhiHighCourt is set to hear a plea filed by BJP Rajya Sabha MP @Swamy39 challenging Air India disinvestment. Image
@Swamy39 appearing in person before the Court. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for Centre.
Bench is yet to assemble.
#AirIndiaDisinvestment
Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh appear. Matter starts.
Swamy making his submissions.
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Law Minister moves motion to introduce Election Laws Amendment Bill 2021 in #LokSabha amid protests.

Then Manish Tewari is called to speak on his motion to oppose introduction, he says that it is beyond Parliament's legislative competence, will be detrimental to democracy.
Adhir Ranjan choudhary opposes introduction of Bill
- demands its been sent to Standing Committee
- will lead to mass disenfranchisement
- is legally not sound
- refers to Puttaswamy judgment
- data security concerns, we still dont have #dataprotection law

#WinterSession
Manish Tewari opposes introduction of Bill:
- #Aadhaar act doesn't allow Aadhaar & Voter ID linking
- voting is a legal right
- #Aadhaar can be used only for welfare services
- beyond legislative competency of voters

#WinterSession
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1/14. A thread on India/China. A rumored but likely authentic notice of #Walmart moving it's "Supplier Enablement Team" from #China to #India has been circulating on Chinese social media. Is this the beginning of business decoupling? A few pointers.
2. First, my understanding is Supplier Enablement team is to help suppliers getting their business efficiently so Walmart has efficiency in its own part of business. It is likely tied to Walmart commitment to source $10 Billion of India-Made Goods Each Year by 2027.
3. But is this a leading event in a significant shift of international businesses moving from China to India? It remains to be seen & an active area of attention. Southeast Asia are the common denominator in many of these supply decisions on the ground.
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As @airindiain comes home to family @TataCompanies I was reminded of this brilliant advertising booklet that the airline used to give out to passengers when the world was normal, people could laugh at themselves & unlike today not take offence & outrage at the slightest imagined
insult or slight. Today these 2 booklets would have led to riots inside parliament & someone like even #JRDTata termed as anti-national, being asked to leave the country, heads would have rolled. But back then we were humans with the ability to laugh at the incongruous not idiots
I share the entire booklets in 2 series. This was called #FoolishlyYours & genius admen/ marketers like #BobbyKooka conceived this. The woke leftlib secular idiots would outrage at the plethora of racism while the equally idiotic right would do so on the insult to nationalism.
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