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747-237 · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:23 am Post subject:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/air-indias-boeing-777-aircraft-will-now-serve-etihads-needs/article5231727.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy

Hours before the first Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft left Seattle to undertake a 14-hour non-stop flight to Delhi, Thulasidas told the media that the airline had decided to mount additional fuel tanks on the last two Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft, helping them to fly non-stop between Bangalore and San Francisco carrying 238 passengers in first, business and economy classes.

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/singapore-air-show/2008-02-11/air-india-extends-its-reach-worlds-longest-range-jet

On February 8, Air India placed its fourth 777-200LR on a new direct route between Delhi and New York JFK Airport, and expected the imminent arrival of airplane No. 5 as we approached the start of this year’s Singapore show.
The world’s first 777-200LR fitted with an auxiliary fuel tank, Air India’s latest piece of long-range equipment carries 238 passengers–eight in first class, 35 in business class and 195 in economy–on the 6,350-nm route to New York.

Which (two ?) aircraft have this option?
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Rishul is right

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747-237 · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 4:40 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:36 pm Post subject:

The board of Air India today approved the sale of five Boeing 777-200 LRs to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways. According to top sources, the deal has been concluded for around $350 million (approx Rs 2,100 crore).

A senior government official said, “The delivery of the aircraft to Etihad Airways is scheduled to commence from January 2014. A note would now be prepared and sent to the Cabinet for approval.”

http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/air-india-sells-five-boeing-777-200-lrs-to-etihad-for-350-million-113101500971_1.html
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The_Goat · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:09 am Post subject:

jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

The LRs are

VT-ALA, VH-ALB, VT-ALC, VT-ALF and VT-ALG ,

Which means AI will be left with D and E, and ofcourse by default H

Karan

747-237 · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:24 am Post subject:

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-dna-special-etihad-airways-promises-red-carpet-welcome-to-air-india-pilots-with-double-salaries-and-perks-1929155

Etihad Airways promises red carpet welcome to Air India pilots with double salaries and perks

Wednesday, Dec 4, 2013

Air India Boeing 777 pilots are most happy with the Jet-Etihad deal. For, they are suddenly in demand.

Last week, Etihad Airways emailed Air India pilots individually, promising them a red-carpet welcome with tempting salaries and compensations that are hard to refuse. AI pilots who have been complaining of salary cuts for the past year or so are more than glad to accept the offer.

“Etihad Airways invited us through personalised emails. The vacancies are for Indian pilot licence holders with experience of flying Boeing 777 aircraft,” a senior AI pilot said.

Only Air India and Jet Airways so far operate Boeing 777 aircraft in the country. At least 10 AI pilots have confirmed that they would join the Etihad Airways. They will be based in Abu Dhabi.

Etihad airways needs 50-70 pilots for ultra-long haul flights, specially to the US, Canada and other places as it will be adding over seven Boeing 777 aircraft by April next year.
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Nimish · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:04 pm Post subject:

^^ Good for the pilots - those that are interested should quickly grab the offer and move over to EY. AI will manage I'm sure!
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747-237 · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:35 pm Post subject:

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ai-firms-up-deal-to-sell-5-boeing-777-to-etihad-113120700460_1.html

AI firms up deal to sell 5 Boeing 777 to Etihad

December 7, 2013

Air India has finalised a deal to sell its five wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft to Etihad Airways by signing an agreement with the Abu Dhabi-based carrier, airline sources said today.

Top Air India officials signed a formalising agreement with their Etihad counterparts in Abu Dhabi earlier this week, they said, adding that the deal would be implemented after the Indian government's approval, which is expected soon.
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747-237 · Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:08 pm Post subject:

http://www.ptinews.com/news/4263147_Govt-to-decide-soon-sale-of-Boeing-777-to-Etihad-nbsp--.html

Govt to decide soon sale of Boeing 777 to Etihad

Dec 24

The sale of five long-haul Boeing 777 aircraft of Air India to Etihad Airways is likely to come up before the Union Cabinet for approval soon, official sources said today.
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747-237 · Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:33 am Post subject:

AI may also get rid of all of its eight Boeing 777-200 (long range) fuel guzzlers. While five of them are being sold to Etihad, AI is going to deploy Dreamliners on the routes the other three fly to by February. "Once we do that, then we have no use for the B-777 200 LRs. To have an ultra luxury product, AI chose to have only 238 seats in the aircraft while globally airlines have over 300 seats on this aircraft. So the economics per seat never worked out. We may either have more seats on them or sell them off," said an official.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/AIs-realty-sale-set-to-miss-target/articleshow/27934051.cms
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747-237 · Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 3:38 pm Post subject:

http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/air-india-gets-cabinets-nod-for-sale-of-5-boeing-777-to-etihad/article5504122.ece

Air India gets Cabinet’s nod for sale of 5 Boeing 777 to Etihad

December 26, 2013

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved the proposal by the Civil Aviation Ministry to allow Air India to go ahead with the sale of its five long-haul Boeing 777 aircrafts to Etihad Airways.
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The_Goat · Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:20 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:43 pm Post subject:

http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/air-india-to-complete-sale-and-lease-back-of-787s-by-march-114011300780_1.html

(Air India) also it plans to sell three remaining fuel guzzling Boeing 777-200LRs.
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747-237 · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:34 am Post subject:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-to-sell-3-of-its-costly-boeings-to-pare-debt/articleshow/28768242.cms

Air India to sell 3 of its ‘costly’ Boeings to pare debt

14 Jan, 2014

Air India plans to sell three more of its Boeing 777-200 Long Range planes as it has found the planes too costly to suit its plan to turnaround to profitability, its finance chief said on Monday. "We tried different configurations for the planes, but saw nothing is working out. So we are planning to sell those too," S Venkat told ET.

Venkat said the remaining three are of more recent origin and the airline aims to earn more from the sale of those.

"The total we earn from the sale of eight planes should be enough to retire debt on them," he said without elaborating.

State-owned Air India is likely to float tenders for sale of these planes by the end of February, he added. "When we bought the (777) planes, we had made certain projections as to their fuel burn, maintenance cost and the kind of load factors we would get. That hasn't worked out," he said, explaining why the airline has decided to sell the planes. He added without elaborating that like the last five, Air India has found ample demand among foreign carriers for these planes as well.
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747-237 · Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 6:59 am Post subject:

The first Air India 777-200LR, VT-ALA, has been delivered to Etihad as A6-LRA.
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Nimish · Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:12 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:48 am Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:22 pm Post subject:

sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

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The_Goat · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:49 pm Post subject:

Spiderguy252 · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:45 pm Post subject:

Any intel on which routes Etihad is going to use them on?
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747-237 · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:47 pm Post subject:

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747-237 · Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:14 pm Post subject:

..... title of the planes to be transferred by April, official sources said on Sunday.

http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/etihad-helps-air-india-with-aircraft-purchase-1.1291829
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747-237 · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:39 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 6:13 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:53 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:19 am Post subject:

A6-LRA departs AMS for AUH.

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What happens to the four 77L AI has retained?

747-237 · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:03 am Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:00 am Post subject:

EY will deploy the former AI 772LRs on AUH-FRA from Oct '14 and temporarily on AUH-CDG in Sept '14.
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747-237 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:27 pm Post subject:

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747-237 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:09 pm Post subject:

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