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Hans India
09-05-2025
- Hans India
Airline CEO Accused Of Assaulting Lift Installers In Lucknow
The chief executive officer of Uttar Pradesh-based carrier Shankh Air stands accused of detaining and violently assaulting employees of a lift installation company at his Lucknow residence. According to reports, one worker was allegedly suspended upside down and beaten during the incident. The confrontation occurred on Monday when technicians from Johnson Lift Private Limited were installing an elevator at CEO Shravan Kumar Vishwakarma's home in Gomti Nagar Extension. Tensions reportedly arose when Vishwakarma demanded the installation be completed within a single day. When the installation team explained this timeline was not feasible, Vishwakarma allegedly responded with verbal abuse and physical violence against four sales executives: Prabhat Lohani, Parvez, Santosh, and Pawan Yadav. The workers claim they were forcibly detained at the residence with their mobile devices confiscated. In the most serious allegation, Lohani was reportedly suspended upside down at gunpoint and subjected to a beating by the airline executive. The situation was brought to light when Yadav managed to access an alternative phone and alert company officials about their predicament. Following the incident, the four Johnson Lift employees filed a formal complaint at the Gomti Nagar Extension police station. Inspector Sudhir Awasthi confirmed that three individuals associated with Shankh Air have been taken into custody for questioning. "A case was registered against Shravan Vishwakarma, Alok Pandey, Sagam Abhiral Agarwal, Upendra Singh and two to three unknown people," the inspector stated.
India Today
06-05-2025
- India Today
Lift operator says he was hung upside down, assaulted by airline CEO in Lucknow
A CEO of an Uttar Pradesh-based domestic airline has been accused of holding lift operators hostage and assaulting them in Lucknow. One of the employees was allegedly hung upside down and beaten up. The incident occurred on Monday when employees of Johnson Lift Private Limited were installing a lift at the house of Shankh Air CEO Shravan Kumar Vishwakarma in the city's Gomti Nagar Extension. Vishwakarma allegedly wanted the work to be completed in one day, to which the lift company staffers said that it would not be possible. However, the CEO allegedly started to abuse them and beat up three of the company's sales executives - Prabhat Lohani, Parvez, Santosh and Pawan Yadav. They were held hostage at Vishwakarma's house and their phones were taken away. Lohani was allegedly hung upside down at gunpoint and beaten up by the CEO. Later, Yadav found an opportunity to call the company officials from another phone and inform them about what had transpired. Four employees from the lift operator company have filed a complaint at the Gomti Nagar Extension police station. Inspector Sudhir Awasthi said three people from Shankh Air were taken into custody and are being questioned. "A case was registered against Shravan Vishwakarma, Alok Pandey, Sagam Abhiral Agarwal, Upendra Singh and two to three unknown people," he added.
India.com
02-05-2025
- Business
- India.com
Meet man, owner of UP's first airline ‘Shankh Air', which will offer cheap flights and will give tough competition to IndiGo, SpiceJet
After the inauguration of Ram Mandir, Uttar Pradesh is progressing with rapid developments of Rail, Film City, Jewar Airport, and with a network of expressways. Now another addition to the list is Shankh Air which will be the first airline from Uttar Pradesh. Shankh Air will give flights from Lucknow in the upcoming Jewar Airport in Noida, and New Delhi. The airline's founder, Shravan Kumar Vishwakarma, is also the owner of Shankh Agencies Private Limited. It was a company established in 2022 which works in building materials, ceramics, concrete, and wholesale goods. Shankh Agencies is also entering into aviation with Shankh Aviation Private Limited, founded last year. The airline's leadership directors are Anurag Chhabra and Kaushik Sengupta. The Air plans to provide affordable air travel services to all. The airline will face competition from established players like SpiceJet and IndiGo. Shankh Air is awaiting final approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The Ministry of Civil Aviation has already given it the green light. The airline is expected to start operations a few months before the Jewar Airport becomes operational. It plans to connect major cities in Uttar Pradesh, like Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, and Gorakhpur at cheap rates. The company's turnover is Rs 50 crore. Shankh Air will operate flights between Gorakhpur, Lucknow, and Varanasi to build a network that links Uttar Pradesh's major Kumar Vishwakarma is optimistic about Shankh Air's future.
India Today
24-04-2025
- Business
- India Today
3 new airlines set to lift India's aviation sector. Key details inside
An airline based in Lucknow, Shankh Air is all set to make history as the scheduled airline of Uttar Pradesh in 2025. It is currently in the process of securing the AOC from DGCA, The Shankh Air will operate five A320-200 and look to expand to 15 by legs will be through Shankh Trading with 200 million. The vision for the airline is to improve intra-india travel and have global airlines by establishment of these new airlines mark the first steps towards improving India's aviation global reach. The airlines entering the year ripe in opportunity will herald in an age of improved quality of service and on, other regions will be branched entrepreneur Afi Ahmed set to launch Air Kerala in June 2025 with the inaugural flight from Kannur International airline will operate regional routes to Kochi, Hyderabad, Kozhikode, and Kannur with ATR under 100-seater Kerala is set to expand its fleet to six aircraft mid-2026, after which it plans to start international services, particularly to the Gulf, during the Alhind Group is set to start operating Alhind Air in 2025, commencing from Kochi with two ATR 72-600 aircraft, eventually expanding to seven within the will focus on enhancing regional connectivity to Thiruvananthapuram, Calicut, Pondicherry, Madurai, and airline aims to enable access to 40 airports across India in addition to the Gulf within 18 months of plan to acquire narrow-body aircraft like the Airbus A320 or Boeing 737 by 2027 for medium-haul international flights.
