Pilot

UK-resident Ashok Aliseril Thamarakshan shares how he built his own aircraft at home during the lockdown.

219 Air India employees are bidding for a 51% stake in the company. This is the first time in corporate history that employees of a public-sector undertaking have decided to be part of the bid process.

'Life is what happens when you're busy making plans' holds true for Sameer Sewak who is a pilot-turned-chef in the hills of Dehradun and now has tonnes flocking for his Lucknowi cuisine.

“For two years, I sat at home, feeling like a burden. Some said my parents spent ‘too much on a girl’s education’. After a point, I started believing it."

With this, Kerala Joins Tamil Nadu in having four airports designated as 'international'. The other three airports are located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode.

A resident of the Sarangpur village in the Adampur tehsil of Hisar district, Vikas Jyani had always dreamt of becoming a pilot.

And though the mission had to be temporarily aborted in Greenland due to terrible weather conditions, the two young pilots managed to fly the aircraft for 12,900 km in 27 hops, covering over 17 countries.

From being unemployed for two years to working 15 hours and studying in trains, buses, washrooms and during meals, she did it all to fulfil her dream to wear a pilot’s uniform.

Air India pilot Ashrrita Chinchankar made her mother’s retirement extra special indeed. Have a look!

The pilots then made an emergency landing in Budapest where she was immediately given medical assistance.