Air India

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Air India has formally completed its merger with Vistara, with Singapore Airlines taking a significant stake in the new company as planned.

Air India has selected Swiss-AS AMOS software to manage maintenance, engineering and logistics.

Increased capacity injection from competition is being linked to a 48% decline for Singapore Airlines’ fiscal first-half net profit.

Air India's Design Organization Approval, the first for an Indian airline, should help it with a couple initiatives.

Air India and Singapore Airlines are dramatically expanding their network links, following recent moves to strengthen investment ties between the two carriers.

Air India has reportedly placed another large order for Airbus narrowbody and widebody aircraft, adding to an already bulging backlog.

This week, the Carbon Analysis visits India with an analytical look at Air India, Akasa Air, SpiceJet and Vistara.

Many carriers have boosted Australian capacity and see strong prospects for further growth.

The airline has started retrofits on its Airbus A320neos and will move on to its Boeing widebodies in early 2025.

The airline is on track to complete its merger with Vistara and has launched a major aircraft upgrade program.

Two years after its takeover by the Tata Group, Air India is making good progress on the initiatives it launched to fulfill the new owner’s ambition to restore the carrier to the ranks of top-tier global airlines.

Although Air India is moving closer to completing its Vistara merger, the Vistara brand may be around for the medium term, Air India CEO Campbell Wilson says.

The airline’s recent MRO partnerships and in-housing strategy could impact its interest in purchasing AIESL.

The airline is planning significant MRO growth as it prepares for an expanded fleet and its impending Vistara merger.

The merger of Air India and Vistara took a major step forward after the Indian government approved Singapore Airlines’ investment in the new entity.

The airlines were granted CAR 145 approval to integrate their line maintenance operations as part of the merger process.

Airlines have canceled flights into Dhaka, Bangladesh, after the capital's airport was forced to close after civil unrest that toppled the country's government.

A selection of new routes starting in August, including plans by T’Way Air, Hainan Airlines and Air India to grow their European networks.

The flag carrier is establishing a new base maintenance facility in India with SIA Engineering Company.

The deal is the first avionics partnership between L3Harris and Air India since the airline was privatized under the ownership of the Tata Group.

The carrier is moving toward a three-hub strategy in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Air India plans to deploy the Airbus A350-900 aircraft on flights from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to two New York-area airports.

Speaking with ATW at the Farnborough Airshow, CEO Campbell Wilson described the four airline integration as “probably unprecedented” in the aviation industry.

Its new MRO customer support center in Bengaluru could signal intentions to establish MRO operations in the city eventually.