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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump has paused new investigations into foreign bribery after criticizing the law against it, but two former officials of a New Jersey professional services company are about to go on trial under the statute anyway. An executive order in early February put a halt to initiating any investigations or enforcement actions under the U.S.

FedEx plane made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Newark Airport on Saturday as its right engine caught fire, New York Post reported. According to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and FedEx, the bird strike caused the sudden ignition. Video showed the Boeing 767-3S2F heading back to the tarmac as flames spewed from the right engine around 8 am (local time) on Saturday. Two Port Authority fire trucks headed near the the plane as it landed and extinguished the blaze. Later, the National Transportation Safety Board announced that it initiated an investigation into the incident, New York Post reported. According to the flight data, the plane was forced to land at 8:07 am (local time), just nine minutes after the takeoff.

Donald Trump’s mission to deport millions of undocumented immigrants has just claimed its first high-profile casualty. Caleb Vitello, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has been reassigned—a move insiders say was triggered by the president’s growing frustration over the pace of deportations.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s immigration directives are clearing the path for officials to step up deportations. But the White House’s flashy public-relations campaign around its deportation work might be just as effective, as it unsettles immigrant communities across the country.

Tata-owned Air India on Thursday started operations from Delhi to New Jersey's Newark through its flagship A350-900 aircraft. This follows Air India’s A350 service on the Delhi-New York (JFK) inaugurated on November 1, 2024.

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Air India is planning for a faster upgrade of its in-flight product on its key international routes to US and Europe as the Tata group airline tries to attract premium customers who had till now opted for Middle East carriers like Emirates and Qatar Airways due to higher service standard. The airline is planning to amplify its offerings with first class, on top of a business class in its new A350 planes and is also upgrading cabins in its A320 narrow body aircraft. Simultaneously it has planned to have exclusive lounges for its customers at Delhi, Mumbai, Dubai, London, New York, San Francisco by the end of 2025. “We have been talking about the Air India transformation and took a lot of initiatives, but with our new product people are now able to feel it. We have received good reviews from our customers and they feel that it is the sign of a new Air India which will be ready in next two years,” Rajesh Dogra, Chief Customer Experience Officer at the airline said.

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Canada largest airline has been ordered to pay a family of five who were separated on what’s being described as a “traumatizing” flight last year.

Air India cancelled a scheduled flight from the US to India and used the Boeing 777 plane for running a charter to ferry the Indian cricket team back home from Barbados, prompting the civil aviation regulator to seek a response from the Tata Group-owned airline, according to people with knowledge of the matter. A special Air India flight, chartered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is carrying the T20 World Cup-winning Indian team and support staff from Barbados in the Caribbean to Delhi. The flight took off from Grantley Adams International airport in Bridgetown on Wednesday and was scheduled to land in New Delhi on Thursday at around 6 AM.

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Air India reportedly found a piece of metal blade in his meal. Confirming the incident, a spokesperson for the airline later blamed a vegetable processing machine for the same. Rajesh Dogra, Chief Customer Experience Officer of Air India, said, «Air India confirms that a foreign object was found in the meal of a guest aboard one of our flights. After investigation, it has been identified as coming from the vegetable processing machine used at the facilities of our catering partner. We have worked with our catering partner to strengthen measures to prevent any recurrence, including more frequent checking of the processor, especially after chopping any hard vegetables.» The airline has come under scrutiny for poor services in recent times.

After the regulator slapped a notice to the airline, it gave a $350 voucher to passengers who flew on the delayed flight to San Francisco. While Air India is the largest operator of non-stop flights to North America from India, a look at flight tracking website FlightRadar24's data shows that On Time Performance (OTP) of all airlines operating non-stop between India and America have an OTP problem.

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Tata Motors, the impact of commodity prices, sourcing, semiconductor costs and navigating the maze of sanctions was a challenge for each, except that one entity clearly benefited and made the most like no other - the airline.Also Read: Air India passenger receives broken seat despite paying extra ₹1,000; airline issues apologyAccording to data shared by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, exclusively for this article, there has been an increase of just four frequencies between India and the United States in May 2024, as compared to February 2020, the last month of operations before the COVID-induced lockdown. However, a granular look at the data shows that the American carriers have reduced frequency by 21 weekly flights while Air India has added new flights.

A month after losing a $2.6 million Financial Industry Regulator Authority arbitration claim, two of the brokers named in the matter have declared bankruptcy, meaning the client who sued them – and won – likely won’t see money any time soon, if ever.

New York earthquake: After the strongest earthquake in 140 years rattled New York on Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the 4.8 magnitude earthquake may impact air traffic in several areas. The aviation agency also put a pause on flights for the city till noon, while warning passengers of 30-40 minutes delay in New York flights. "A 4.8 magnitude earthquake in New Jersey may impact some air traffic facilities in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Baltimore.