Air India has finally moved to a single airline code (AI) for all its flights, including those from the erstwhile Indian Airlines (IC) and Alliance Air (CD). The list of revised flight numbers is as below.

The Indian budget for 2011-12 has raised the cost of air travel by imposition or raising of service tax. Earlier this morning, the Indian Finance Minister, Mr. Mukherjee, announced that the service tax on air travel by economy class would be raised by Rs. 50 for domestic trips and by Rs. 250 on international. Domestic business and first class passengers …