• Home
  • Reviews
    • Flight Reviews
    • Hotel Reviews
    • Lounge Reviews
    • Trip Reports
  • About
    • Press
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Award Expert
Live and Let's Fly
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Flight Reviews
    • Hotel Reviews
    • Lounge Reviews
    • Trip Reports
  • About
    • Press
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Award Expert

Category Archives: Air India

Air IndiaNews

Air India Flight 171: Profiles Of The Pilots Involved In 787 Crash

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025 20 Comments
Air India Flight 171 Pilots

As pilot error emerges as the likely culprit for the crash of Air India 171 (if for nothing else than via process of elimination), here’s what we know about the two pilots who were at the controls when the...

Read More
Air IndiaIndiaNews

Air India 787 Crash Update: Preliminary Report Shows Fuel Switches Flipped Seconds After Takeoff

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 12, 2025July 11, 2025 16 Comments
Air India 787 crash report

India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has released its preliminary report on the June 12, 2025 crash of Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people...

Read More
Air IndiaAward TravelUnited Airlines

United Airlines Blocking Air India Award Space

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 14, 2025 26 Comments
United Airlines Blocking Air India Award Space

If you’re trying to book an Air India award seat using your United MileagePlus miles, you’re not going to find space…it’s all blocked. All Air India Award Space Blocked Via United MileagePlus This award space blocking is unrelated to...

Read More
Air IndiaNews

The Miracle Of 11A: Sole Survivor Of Air India Crash Shares His Story

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 12, 2025 20 Comments
Air India Crash Survivor

In a tragedy that claimed the lives of 241 of the 242 aboard Air India Flight AI171, one man survived against all odds. British passenger Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 38, is now the focus of hope and intense scrutiny, providing the...

Read More
Air IndiaNews

Over 200 Killed In Air India 787 Crash In Ahmedabad

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 12, 2025June 12, 2025 12 Comments
Air India 787 Crash

A Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner operated by Air India tragically crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad (AMD) today, June 12, 2025, en route to London Gatwick (LGW). With 242 people aboard and the jet colliding into a building in a...

Read More
Air India

From Cringe To Classy: Air India’s New Ad Campaign Is A Huge Leap Forward

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 31, 2025May 30, 2025 9 Comments
Air India ad campaign

Air India has released its latest ad campaign, including a clever new video spot that attempts to market Air India by marketing the nation of India. Clever New Air India Ad Campaign: “There Is An Air About India” As...

Read More
Air India

Nasty: Air India 10-Hour Flight To Nowhere After Illiterate Passengers Clog Eight Lavatory Toilets

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 13, 2025March 13, 2025 18 Comments
a sign on a wall

Pictures have emerged showing what forced an Air India flight to Delhi to return to Chicago after five hours in the air; a 10-hour flight to nowhere. The only thing more nasty than the pictures are the vile passengers...

Read More
Air IndiaLounge Reviews

Review: Air India Maharaja Lounge New York (JFK)

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 19, 2024November 18, 2024 15 Comments
Air India Lounge JFK Review

Other than the sign reflecting Air India’s new logo, nothing about this Star Alliance lounge in JFK Terminal 4 has changed much over the last few years. I’ve provided updated pictures of the food and drink selection, all of...

Read More
Air IndiaFlight Reviews

Review: Air India 787-8 Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 2, 2024November 2, 2024 10 Comments
Air India 787-8 Business Class Review

My first flight on Air India, onboard a 787-8 in business class, exceeded expectations and was marked by a comfortable seat with warm and friendly service. Even so, there is room for improvement as the carrier seeks to transform...

Read More
Air India

Ruckus On My Air India Flight After Russian Man Bumps Elderly American Woman During Boarding

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 1, 2024November 1, 2024 39 Comments
Air India Passenger Ruckus

I observed quite a ruckus on my Air India flight from Delhi to Dubai after a Russian man bumped into an older American woman during boarding. A Boarding Bump On My Air India Flight Leads To Heated Cabin Exchange...

Read More
Air India

Air India “Karen” Rages At Economy Class Passenger Who Used Business Class Overhead Bin

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 22, 2024 27 Comments
Air India Karen

An Air India passenger – let’s call her Karen – seated in business class raged when an economy class passenger placed his carry-on bag in a business class overhead bin, demanding that it be removed. Why can’t Karens just...

Read More
Air IndiaCanada

In The Face Of Strained Relations, Canadian Government Lends Air India A Helping Hand After 777-300ER Bomb Threat Diversion

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 16, 2024 27 Comments
Canada Air India Diversion

We cannot discuss the latest bomb threat diversion on Air India, this time to a remote Canadian province, without talking about the unraveling relations between Canada and India. The likely common link? The Khalistan movement. But an act of...

Read More
Air India

Free First Class Flights On Air India If You Complain Loudly Enough…

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 19, 2024September 19, 2024 21 Comments
Air India First Class

After dismantling nearly every aspect of his Air India 777 First Class flight, a popular Instagrammer claims Air India refunded the price of his ticket. Noting that his experience is hardly unique, is this one path to free or...

Read More
Air India

Chaos At Mumbai Airport As 25,000 Job Seekers Stampede Air India Recruitment Event

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 26, 2024August 26, 2024 35 Comments
Air India Stampede Mumbai

In India, where the median wage is about $200 per month, working for Air India is an aspiration…and a ticket out of poverty. As Air India transforms itself in the Tata era, it is hiring…and apparently having no trouble...

Read More
Air IndiaNews

Air India Sends Rescue Aircraft After Russian Diversion Of US-Bound Flight

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 19, 2024July 19, 2024 Leave a Comment
Air India Krasnoyarsk

Air India has dispatched a rescue aircraft to Krasnoyarsk, Russia after a mechanical delay yesterday forced the diversion of a US-bound 777-200LR jet. Rescue Aircraft Enroute To Pick Up Stranded Passengers In Russia After Mechanical Issue Forces Diversion Of...

Read More
Air IndiaAirline MealsUnited Airlines

Maggots And Blades: Always Examine Your Airline Meal Before Eating It

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 18, 2024 12 Comments
Examine airline meals

Two recent stories about foreign objects in airline meals provide an important reminder: always examine your airline meal before eating it. Maggots And Blades? Why You Should Always Double-Check Your Airline Meal Before Biting It First up, a metal...

Read More
Air IndiaLaw In Travel

Air India Blamed For Passenger’s Death After Wheelchair Delay

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 4, 2024 24 Comments
a group of people with luggage in an airport

Air India has been hit with a $36,000 fine and blamed for the death of an 80-year-old man stemming from a wheelchair delay upon arrival at Mumbai Airport. Air India Passenger Decides To Walk After Wheelchair Delay, Suffers Cardiac...

Read More
Air India

Complimentary Onboard Shower On Air India 787…In Economy Class

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 18, 2023December 18, 2023 14 Comments
Air India 787 Shower

After being mismanaged for years, the next exciting chapter of Air India is unfolding. But in the meantime, some remnants of the “old” carrier remain. Air India passengers on one flight, operated by a relatively new Boeing 787-8 aircraft,...

Read More
Air India

Air India Reserves Rows For Female Passengers Only

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 5, 2023 14 Comments
Air India Female Seating

Air India offers a female-only seating section on a select number of flights. Will that continue and expand in the Tata era? Air India “Gender-Sensitive” Seating Includes Reserved Rows Exclusively For Female Passengers In 2o17, Air India began offering...

Read More
Air India

Air India Unveils Bold And Brazen New Livery (And A Nasty Jab At Emirates)

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 10, 2023November 13, 2023 12 Comments
a plane flying in the sky

As Air India seeks to reinvent itself in the Tata era, it has debuted a bold and brazen new livery..and also offered a not-so-subtle jab against Emirates, its Dubai-based competitor. Bold New Air India Livery + Dig At Emirates...

Read More

Posts pagination

1 2 3 Next
facebook twitter instagram rss
Privacy Policy © Live and Let's Fly All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Live and Let's Fly with appropriate and specific directions to the original content.