A picture taken aboard a flight featuring an air hostess and C. Joseph Vijay has gone viral on social media, with fans celebrating the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's humble and approachable public image. The photograph was clicked during Vijay's return journey from New Delhi following his first official multi-day visit to the national capital since taking oath as Chief Minister earlier this month. The cabin crew member identified as Uma Meenakshi shared the image online, calling the flight duty "extra special" after getting the opportunity to meet the actor-turned-politician in person. Dressed in his now-signature monochrome black-and-white formal attire, the Chief Minister appeared relaxed in the viral picture, which quickly spread across fan pages and political circles. "Crew duty became extra special today with Honourable Chief Minister Shri C. Joseph Vijay (fondly known as Thalapathy) @actorvijay onboard," the air hostess wrote on Instagram while sharin...
A former official of the government think tank NITI Aayog has complained to Air India about an unpleasant experience while flying business class in an aircraft of the Tata Group-owned airline.
Urvashi Prasad, who says she was a director at the NITI Aayog vice chairman's office, posted two photos on X showing what she identified as a part of a broken seat.
A rectangular panel had come off the business class seat that she had booked.
"Broken seats in business class in Air India flight AI 2996 Bombay to Delhi... can only hope the rest of the plane is working," Ms Prasad, the only lateral entrant to work with three successive vice chairpersons at the NITI Aayog, said in the post on X.
Broken seats in business class in @airindia flight AI2996 Bombay to Delhi..can only hope the rest of the plane is working.. pic.twitter.com/jRVzwmORDc
— Urvashi Prasad (@urvashi01) April 27, 2025
Taking note of the post, Air India responded to her saying it will look into the matter.
"Dear Ms Prasad, we're concerned to note this. Your feedback is important to us, and we'll make sure it gets addressed promptly," Air India said.
While passengers have frequently posted complaints against what they claimed were deficiency in Air India services, the airline had also asked the press to restrain from maligning the reputation of the airline without corroborating facts.
Last month, Air India responded to allegations by actor Lisa Ray that the airline did not show empathy for her unwell father as "unfounded".
Air India said it flies millions of passengers and "such misleading news reports belie the airline's resolve to customer centricity and empathy."
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