{"id":30574,"date":"2024-04-19T16:08:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/been-a-very-busy-week-across-ai-md-pats-employees-backs-after-israel-iran-conflict-dubai-rains-disrupt-schedules-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T16:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:08:04","slug":"been-a-very-busy-week-across-ai-md-pats-employees-backs-after-israel-iran-conflict-dubai-rains-disrupt-schedules-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/been-a-very-busy-week-across-ai-md-pats-employees-backs-after-israel-iran-conflict-dubai-rains-disrupt-schedules-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Been a very busy week across AI,\u2019 MD pats employees\u2019 backs after Israel-Iran conflict &#038; Dubai rains disrupt schedules &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-109435972,imgsize-1362341.cms?fit=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u2018Been a very busy week across AI,\u2019 MD pats employees\u2019 backs after Israel-Iran conflict &#038; Dubai rains disrupt schedules &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"\u2018Been a very busy week across AI,\u2019 MD pats employees\u2019 backs after Israel-Iran conflict &#038; Dubai rains disrupt schedules &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Air India<!-- --> has extended <!-- -->Tel Aviv<!-- --> flight suspension till the month end with the <!-- -->Israel-Iran conflict<!-- --> escalating. Most airlines, including AI, are avoiding Iranian airspace as much as possible.<br \/>\u201cAI flights to and from Tel Aviv will remain suspended until April 30, 2024, in view of the emerging situation in the Middle East. We are continuously monitoring the situation and are extending support to our passengers who have confirmed bookings for travel to and from Tel Aviv during this period, with a one-time waiver on rescheduling and cancellation charges\u2026.at Air India safety of our customers and crew remains top priority,\u201d AI said in a statement.<br \/>Meanwhile AI MD-CEO Campbell Wilson on Friday patted the back of employees for handling the massive <!-- -->flight disruptions<!-- --> this month caused by airspace avoidance issues created by Israel-Iran conflict earlier this month and then by Dubai mega rains this week. \u201cIt\u2019s been a very busy week right across the company, and for many different reasons. It started last weekend with the disruption to our Tel Aviv flights and, thereafter, to some of our US schedules arising from closure and\/or avoidance of certain airspace and enroute overflight windows. Then, just a few days later, we had the unprecedented rains in Dubai causing significant disruption to schedules, passengers and crew,\u201d Wilson said in his weekly Friday message to employees.<br \/>\u201cThe Air India group operates dozens of services between India and North America, and nearly 250 flights per week between India and the UAE, which gives some sense of the scale of the operational challenge our teams faced. I would therefore like to acknowledge the tremendous effort by our crews and ground staff at Tel Aviv to bring AI-140 safety back to Delhi, our teams serving on, or handling, the many other affected US and DXB (Dubai International Airport) flights, as well as everyone at the various supporting HQ departments,\u201d he said.<br \/>\u201c\u2026 in the next two weeks will be the cutover of our new CAE Crew Management System strengthening our systems\u2019 adherence to rostering rules, improving the tracking of training &amp; qualifications, and enabling faster recovery from schedule disruptions,\u201d Wilson said.<br \/>AI\u2019s fourth Airbus A350 (VT-JRH) has been released into revenue services. \u201cWe also announced Delhi-Dubai as our first international A350 deployment, starting on May 1.\u201d<br \/>\u201cAdditionally, Air India now places the \u2018AI\u2019 code on Air India Express (IX) operated flights, allowing AIX to benefit from AI\u2019s global sales and distribution, AI to leverage nine new destinations and hundreds of extra frequencies operated by AIX, and customers to enjoy the convenience of through-checkin and baggage tagging. This follows the earlier rollout of AI code on I5 flights and is a precursor to the placement of the AI code on Vistara flights too.\u201d<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/vsp1jarvispvt.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/been-a-very-busy-week-across-ai-md-pats-employees-backs-after-israel-iran-conflict-dubai-rains-disrupt-schedules\/articleshow\/109435902.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Air India has extended Tel Aviv flight suspension till the month end with the Israel-Iran conflict escalating. 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