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Air India Express is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Kochi, Kerala. It is operated by Air India Express Limited (AIEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian flag carrier airline Air India. It operates around 649 flights per week to 33 destinations including the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The airline carries around 4.3 million passengers every year connecting 140 city pairs. It has secondary hubs in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Mangaluru airports.
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International flights: Now Indians can fly to Japan, UK, Canada, and 10 other countries. Who is allowed and who isn't?India has made arrangements for air travel with Bahrain. Air India / Air India Express and Gulf Air are now permitted to operate services between India and Bahrain and carry the following categories of..DNA - Published | |
Dubai suspends Air India Express flights till Oct 2 after it flew COVID-19 positive passengers twiceAir India Express flights have been suspended by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority for 15 days till October 2 for flying COVID-19 positive passengers twice.DNA - Published | |
COVID-19 negative report mandatory for passengers flying to UAE: AI ExpressThe Air India Express on Tuesday has rolled out new guidelines for the passengers aged 12 years and above travelling to UAE making it mandatory for them to submit a valid negative COVID-19 PCR test on..DNA - Published | |
Air India Express plane crash: 26 volunteers contract Covid-19As many as 26 volunteers who reached the Air-India Express plane crash site in Kozhikode, 48 km from here, and evacuated the injured passengers on August 7, have tested positive for Covid-19.IndiaTimes - Published | |
No prelim investigation report for Air India Express crash crash?A week has passed following the Air India Express Calicut crash that killed 18 people. Since then, over a dozen airline flights have been landing in Calicut daily, flying in about 2000 passengers. But..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Post-Kerala crash, DGCA bans wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode airportThe Air India Express flight carrying 190 passengers including 10 infants had skidded while landing at Karipur airport in Kozhikode on August 7. As many as 18 people, including the two pilots, had lost..DNA - Published | |
Kozhikode plane crash: Air India Express says 74 injured passengers discharged from hospitalsIndiaTimes - Published | |
Air India Express thanks Mallapuram residents for kindness, humanity during plane crash incidentIndiaTimes - Published | |
Deeply shocked about tragic accident of Air India Express flight: Bangladesh foreign ministerIndiaTimes - Published | |
Air India Express crash: Pilots may have tried to take off after deep touchdown, experts sayIndiaTimes - Published | |
Kerala plane crash: 14 passengers critical; probe under way to determine exact causeThe condition of at least 14 passengers of the ill-fated Air India Express flight that crashed while attempting to land at the Karipur airport in Kerala remains critical, Malappuram district collector..IndiaTimes - Published | Kerala Plane Crash: Here's what happened in first 5 minutes after CISF airport control room was alertedWhen the Air India Express flight, carrying 190 people on board from Dubai under the Vande Bharat Mission, skidded off the runway at 7:41 PM on Friday, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) had..DNA - Published |
What caused the crash? Black box retrieved, probe beginsThe civil aviation ministry’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) retrieved on Saturday the digital flight data recorder (DFDR), known as a black box, and the cockpit voice recorder from..IndiaTimes - Published | Vande Bharat Mission will continue: Civil aviation ministryThe Air India Express flight, which was part of the Vande Bharat Mission, had crash-landed at the Kozhikode airport yesterday leading to death of 18 persons including the two pilots. Civil aviation..IndiaTimes - Published |
Air India Express tragedy: Metal cutters used to rescue passengers, says CISF IGThe front and last rows of the plane were badly damaged and metal cutters were used to evacuate the passengers from the Air India Express flight that crashed at Kozhikode airport on Friday night, said..IndiaTimes - Published | At least five Indian airports have tabletop runwaysAnd Air India Express planes have crashed at least twice on such runways in little over a decade. At least five airports, including at Kozhikode where an Air India Express aircraft crashed on Friday,..IndiaTimes - Published |
Captain DV Sathe, pilot of crashed Air India Express flight, was most experienced: Union Minister HS Puri"The Captain had more than 10,000 hours of flying experience. He has landed on this very air piece, I think as many as 27 times including this year", Union Minister Puri said.DNA - Published | Survivors of Kozhikode air crash yet to recover from shockSeveral injured passengers of the ill-fated Air India Express flight from Dubai which overshot the runway and crashed at the airport here are yet to get over the horror moments that took them close to..IndiaTimes - Published |
Kozhikode plane crash: Captain Sathe had planned to pay surprise visit on mother's birthdayCaptain Deepak Sathe, pilot of the Air India Express flight who died along with 17 others after the plane crashed at Kerala's Kozhikode airport, had planned to pay a surprise visit to Nagpur on his..IndiaTimes - Published | Pilot of crashed AIE flight one of the most experienced: Hardeep Singh PuriPilot in-command of the crashed Air India Express flight Captain Deepak Vasant Sathe, among those killed in the accident, was one of the most experienced commanders with more than 10K flying hours and..IndiaTimes - Published |
AI Express says families of deceased pilots escorted to KozhikodeFamilies of the deceased pilots of the Air India Express plane that crashed have been escorted to Kozhikode, the airline said on Saturday. It said the number of fatalities in the plane crash at the..IndiaTimes - Published | Kerala govt announces Rs 10 lakh compensation to kin of AIE flight crash victimsThe Kerala government on Saturday announced Rs 10 lakh compensation to the families of those who died when an ill-fated Air India Express flight veered off the runway while attempting to land at the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Civil aviation minister announces interim relief for victims of AIE flight crashUnion civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday announced an interim relief of Rs 10 lakh for each of those who died in the Air India Express crash at the Karipur Airport, Kozhikode. After..IndiaTimes - Published | Kozhikode crash: Air India Express plane touched down near taxiway, 1,000 metres from beginning of runwayThe Air India Express plane, carrying 190 people from Dubai, on Friday touched down near a taxiway that is around 1,000 metres from the beginning of the runway at the Kozhikode airport before breaking..IndiaTimes - Published |
Aviation minister reaches Kozhikode to take stock of relief measuresCivil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday that he had reached Kozhikode to take stock of the status and implementation of relief measures after the Air India Express accident a day..IndiaTimes - Published | Probe into Air India Express flight crash on: Union ministerThe Centre on Saturday said investigation is on to ascertain various aspects of the Air India Express flight crash at Karipur airport, which left 18 dead and several injured. Minister of State for..IndiaTimes - Published |
Black box of Air India Express flight recoveredIndiaTimes - Published | Death toll in Air India Express flight crash rises to 18India Express flight crash at the airport here, rose to 18 on Saturday with one more passenger succumbing to injuries. Malappuram District Collector K Gopalakrishnan told reporters here that one more..IndiaTimes - Published |
Kerala plane crash: Death toll climbs to 18, 14 critically injuredAn Air India Express flight with 190 onboard overshot and fell 35 metres off the end of the runway at the Kozhikode airport in Kerala.DNA - Published | Air India flies in ``Angels’’, support team to help families of AIX Calicut crash passengersAir India team to liaise with various agencies and provide support and assistance to families of passengers affected by the Air India Express crash left for Kozhikode from Mumbai on Saturday morning...IndiaTimes - Published |
Kozhikode plane crash: 3 possible reasons behind the mishapThe Air India Express plane fell into a valley and split into two parts after skidding off the runway at Kozhikode airport, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.DNA - Published | Death toll in Kerala plane crash rises to 17; 2 pilots dead, all 4 crew members safe: Air India ExpressIndiaTimes - Published |
17 dead as Air India Express flight overshoots Kozhikode’s table-top runwayAn Air India Express flight from Dubai trying to land in torrential rain with 190 people on board overshot the tabletop runway at Kozhikode’s Calicut International Airport on Friday and went 35 feet..IndiaTimes - Published | Pilot served in IAF, won NDA Sword of HonourCommanding pilot Deepak V Sathe is believed to have died on the spot. Sathe lived in Powai with his family which includes his wife Sushma and two sons. He was a wing commander in the Indian Air..IndiaTimes - Published |
At least 16 including pilot dead, over 100 injured in Kozhikode plane crashFourteen people including the pilot of the aircraft were killed while 123 when injured when an Air India Express plane skidded off the runway at Karipur airport in Kerala on Friday evening, a police..DNA - Published | AI Express flight crashes in Kozhikode: What we know so farIndiaTimes - Published |
Air India Express plane skids off runway at Kozhikode airport, passengers being evacuatedFormer Union Minister KJ Alphons tweeted that the pilot of the plane has died while some passengers are injured in the incident.DNA - Published | AI Express flight with 191 people skids off runway in KozhikodeIndiaTimes - Published |
Vande Bharat Mission: India to operate 9 more flights to evacuate stranded citizens from UAEIndia will operate nine more flights on Friday to evacuate its citizens stranded in the UAE due to the travel restrictions imposed in view of the coronavirus pandemic. Air India Express will operate..IndiaTimes - Published | AI seeks UAE nod for Vande flights to bring Indians backAir India Express has sought clearance from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to fly Indians working in Dubai, who had returned home, from India on the India-Dubai leg of Vande Bharat Mission (VBM)..IndiaTimes - Published |
Vande Bharat Mission: Over 6,000 Indians return from abroad in 31 flights since May 7Over 6,000 Indians have been flown back to India in 31 inbound flights operated by Air India and Air India Express under Vande Bharat Mission in 5 days beginning from May 7, 2020.DNA - Published | 149 repatriation flights to 31 countries in phase II of Vande Bharat MissionDuring the first phase of the Vande Bharat mission, Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express scheduled 64 flights between May 7 and May 14 to bring approximately 15,000 Indians.DNA - Published |
First flight carrying stranded Indians from Abu Dhabi lands at KochiThe first Air India Express flight carrying Indian citizens from Abu Dhabi landed at the airport here on Thursday night as India launched its biggest ever repatriation exercise in its history to bring..IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA | Air India Express to operate 13 flights to KeralaIndiaTimes - Published |
Air India to ban single use plastic in flights from October 2"From October 2, we are going to completely ban the use of plastics in Air India and the low-cost subsidiary Air India Express," said Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani on Thursday.DNA - Published | Air India Express flight veers off taxiway at Mangalore airport; all passengers safeAll passengers and crew on board the Dubai-Mangalore flight are safe, the airport and the airlines said in separate statements.DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes |
Air India Express Kochi-Mumbai flight suffers bird hitA Mumbai-bound Air India Express fight carrying 185 passengers on board was forced to return to the Kochi airport on Thursday due to a bird hit, an airline official said. All the passengers escaped..IndiaTimes - Published | 112 Air India Express passengers stranded at Mangaluru airport for 12 hoursIndiaTimes - Published |