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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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3rd aircraft will come on Sep 2. Two more in Oct and one in Nov.


Wow that in rapid succession . Are you sure about the 3rd aircraft in early Sept as they haven't announced any new routes barring Double Daily Goa , Chandigarh and Jaipur which will be done with the 2nd aircraft .
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AirAsia India's second aircraft, the future VT-ATB (and former 9M-AJF) getting a livery tweak (change of flag) and reg. change at HYD.


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What are the salary scales like.....
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What are the salary scales like.....


What I have heard is that I5's salary levels are lower than what the others offer.

Mittu Chandilya mentioned somewhere that he was more interested in people who wanted to grow and build their careers with the company, rather than the ones who were into switching jobs solely with money in mind.
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http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-airasia-india-safety-head-resigns-report-656866

AirAsia India Safety Head Resigns: Report

August 31, 2014

AirAsia India's head of safety Sumant Mishra has resigned, according to sources, three months after the domestic arm of the Malaysian budget airline AriAsia got off the ground.

The airline, however, has found the replacement, who will soon be taking over the position left vacant by Mr Mishra, a source close to the development told PTI in Mumbai.

"Sumant Mishra has resigned from the top job and he is now serving the mandatory six-month notice before leaving the carrier," the source said.

Mr Mishra, who had earlier been with the now grounded Kingfisher Airlines as chief of flight operations, joined AirAsia India last year, when it was in the process of launching operations.

"The airline with just three months into operations, is in transition phase where a number of people are joining it and some may leave it as well. It has already found a replacement for Mishra and he will be joining as the head of safety very shortly," the source said.

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AirAsia India advertising on billboards at railway stations,
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1-Sep-2014 12:19 PM
AirAsia India is reportedly advertising on billboards at railway stations, with a slogan: "Say Goodbye to Overnight Train Travel" (Business Standard, 31-Aug-2014). The billboard also gives details of services from Bangalore to Kochi, Goa, Chennai, Chandigarh and Jaipur
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shivendrashukla wrote:
If I5 says that the loss is due to high taxes on aviation fuel and taxes etc etc, for the loss, I am seriously going to doubt TF's intelligence.


He can't be too bright in the first place if he's decided to kickstart an airline company in India of all places. Twisted Evil
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http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/airasia-india-to-lease-out-aircrafts-for-45-mn-114090800618_1.html

AirAsia India to lease out aircrafts for $45 mn

AirAsia Berhad currently leases aircraft to other joint venture airlines within AirAsia Group


September 8, 2014

AirAsia Berhad has announced that it commenced a leasing arrangement in relation to an A320-200 aircraft to be operated by AirAsia (India) Private Limited (AirAsia India). The company said, AirAsia India will pay a total consideration of $45 million for the term of the Agreement.

In an announcement from AirAsia Berhad, the company has said that it has commenced the leasing agreement on September 5, 2014, to be operated by AirAsia (India) Pvt Ltd, for a total consideration of $45 million for the term of the Agreement.

In July this year the Airline said that company would have five more planes in total before end of 2014.

The Friday's statement said, "the consideration is in the form of monthly lease payments payable in advance by AirAsia India". The term of the agreement shall be for 144 months and AirAsia India shall pay a security deposit in the form of cash or a letter of credit.

It added that the company currently leases aircraft to the other joint venture airlines within the AirAsia Group in its ordinary course of business. In line with AirAsia's growth strategies, the fleet expansion of AirAsia India would help to maximise route opportunities in the South Asia

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Air Asia India's next A320SL is to be new (MSN 6262), and registered VT-ATD.


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http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/airasia-to-fly-mumbai-delhi-eyes-20-planes-by-2015_1188563.html

AirAsia to fly Mumbai, Delhi; eyes 20 planes by 2015

Sep 25, 2014

AirAsia India will start operating on the Mumbai and Delhi route soon, group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes said on Thursday, adding that the network schedule preparation is underway.

It is targeting six planes by 2014-end and 20 by 2015-end and wants to turn remote locations as opportunities.

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There goes the pipe dream of operating without touching BOM/DEL - reality bit I5 really fast!
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There goes the pipe dream of operating without touching BOM/DEL - reality bit I5 really fast!


Absolutely ! I guess they have realized loads and revenue will not come from COK (timings), GOI (seasonality), IXC(length of flight), MAA (Competition), JAI(limited demand)
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Absolutely! I guess they have realized loads and revenue will not come from COK (timings), GOI (seasonality), IXC(length of flight), MAA (Competition), JAI(limited demand)
What an analysis: crisp, compact, to-the-point, and lovely conclusions!
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India-Business/Tata-AirAsia-kept-out-of-airlines-body/articleshow/43456780.cms

Tata-AirAsia kept out of airlines body

Sep 26, 2014

The Tata Sons-AirAsia JV has been kept out of the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), a joint forum of desi carriers, despite applying for membership twice. The FIA is a joint forum of Indian carriers Air India, Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir.

"We have not even been invited to join FIA. No one has even replied to our letters," AirAsia global chief Tony Fernandes told TOI on Thursday. AirAsia India Pvt Ltd (AAIPL) CEO Mittu Chandilya said: "I myself wrote twice on this issue. I don't know why we haven't even got a reply. We are an Indian company, owned 51% by Tata Sons. Our management team is Indian."

Being denied entry into the club of Indian airlines, thereby treating AAIPL as a foreign airline, is just one of the issues that Fernandes is bitter about. The reaction his venture has got from competition in India is something, he says, has never happened with him anywhere else in the world.

"They (the competition) are incredibly hostile... All guns are on us... I've been sued by everyone... I have never experienced such a thing in any other country. (We want to be in FIA) as I feel we all can work together to build a better aviation industry here," said Tony. He, however, praised the NDA, saying it had "put people first" made things more 'transparent."

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Red-eyes-a-rage-abroad-to-finally-take-off-in-India/articleshow/43470754.cms


The Tata Sons-AirAsia JV low cost carrier plans to launch these "red eyes" — called so in the west because of the army of sleepy and watery eyes of passengers where they are very popular due to low prices — after the winter fog subsides early next year.

"This is among the pushing-the-envelope plans we have for our airline. It will increase aircraft utilization for airlines. And for passengers, there will be other attraction apart from low fares as people who do not want to spend on staying the night in a hotel can return to their home cities on these flights instead of waiting for the morning flights," Mittu Chandilya, CEO of AirAsia India Pvt Ltd (AAIPL), told TOI.


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^That's an excellent initiative. At the moment, only 9W has some of those flights ex-BOM flying through the night. For eg: the departure to BLR takes off at 0305 and arrives at 0450.
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^That's an excellent initiative. At the moment, only 9W has some of those flights ex-BOM flying through the night. For eg: the departure to BLR takes off at 0305 and arrives at 0450.


I do not think it will work, even between metro's.

Most of the late night arrivals in Delhi are not preferred due to safety issues.
For BLR - the problem is airport to city travel, which can get very expensive due to lack of Vayu Vajra in the middle of night.

For a place like Pune - the Ricks & taxis charge enormous sums to travel after 2300hrs
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For BLR - the problem is airport to city travel, which can get very expensive due to lack of Vayu Vajra in the middle of night.


IIRC the Vayu Vajras operate through the night. At least KIA-9 from the main bus station at Majestic does - and probably some of the others do too.

Nevertheless, you'd expect the bus/cab market to mature with time in most cities as and when such flights become commonplace.
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[i]Tata-AirAsia kept out of airlines body

The Tata Sons-AirAsia JV has been kept out of the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), a joint forum of desi carriers, despite applying for membership twice. The FIA is a joint forum of Indian carriers Air India, Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir.


The FIA is just a glorified cartel, nothing more!
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747-237 wrote:

[i]Tata-AirAsia kept out of airlines body

The Tata Sons-AirAsia JV has been kept out of the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), a joint forum of desi carriers, despite applying for membership twice. The FIA is a joint forum of Indian carriers Air India, Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir.


The FIA is just a glorified cartel, nothing more!


When FIA keeps out Vistara then it will be cartel. I doubt they will keep out Vistara. They feel Air Asia India skirted the Indian ownership rules, as 49% of the airline is owned by a foreign entity but it is the majority stock holder. Plus it is an LCC with very low fares and they want keep this airline out as much as possible.
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Plus it is an LCC with very low fares and they want keep this airline out as much as possible.


Actually, that's what cartels do. Smile
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vivekman wrote:
747-237 wrote:

[i]Tata-AirAsia kept out of airlines body

The Tata Sons-AirAsia JV has been kept out of the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), a joint forum of desi carriers, despite applying for membership twice. The FIA is a joint forum of Indian carriers Air India, Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir.


The FIA is just a glorified cartel, nothing more!


When FIA keeps out Vistara then it will be cartel.


What good does this FIA do to anyone anyway? Does it lobby with the government for greater sops to the Indian aviation sector? If that is the case then they have failed miserably.

Maybe the FIA has some axe to grind with the Tatas, and wants them out? Both Vistara and I5 are Tata backed ventures.
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http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-entry-into-metros-may-delay-airasia-s-break-even-2021844

Entry into metros may delay AirAsia's break-even

27 September 2014

According to Kapil Kaul, CEO, South Asia for Center of Asia Pacific of Aviation (Capa), "Change of plans are on expected lines as Capa had indicated in our April industry report that Delhi/ Mumbai will be on AirAsia India's plans. So, not surprised. Don't see the airline break-even in FY15 and possibly in FY16."

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http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/31611-airasia-sets-up-own-leasing-subsidiary-asia-aviation-capital

AirAsia sets up own leasing subsidiary, Asia Aviation Capital

AirAsia has established its own aircraft leasing subsidiary, Asia Aviation Capital Ltd (AAC), based in Labuan, Malaysia’s only offshore financial hub. A statement issued to the Bursa Malaysia last week said Asia Aviation Capital will focus primarily on acquiring aircraft and securing financing for these aircraft; providing operating leases to AirAsia Group affiliates; managing the portfolio of aircraft including technical services; and remarketing of aircraft leases and/or sale of aircraft.

"The objective of establishing Asia Aviation Capital is to provide aircraft leasing services for the AirAsia Group. AAC will own and manage the portfolio of aircraft that is currently leased to AirAsia’s affiliate companies outside of Malaysia namely, Thai AirAsia (FD, Bangkok Don Mueang), AirAsia India (I5, Chennai), AirAsia Inc., AirAsia Zest (Z2, Manila), Indonesia AirAsia (QZ, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) and future affiliates. Aircraft owned and operated in Malaysia will however remain with the Company," the filing read.

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http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=23934

AirAsia India to introduce red-eye flights

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BUSINESS travellers flying on AirAsia India will have more travel options as the new LCC seeks to optimise aircraft utilisation by introducing red-eye flights.

Beginning February 25, 2015, AirAsia India will roll out late night and early morning flights.

Mittu Chandilya, CEO, AirAsia India, said that travellers “who do not want to spend on staying the night in a hotel can return to their home cities” rather than wait for the next available flight out.

Business travellers would benefit from this, especially for those flying to and from tier two and three cities, noted Rajendra Churiwala, director-eastern region, IATA Agents Association of India.

P P Khanna of Diplomatic Travel Point New Delhi concurred: “These flights should be aimed at business travellers who fly frequently between smaller Indian cities and to destinations where hotel room rates are high, thus offering relief.”

AirAsia India currently flies to six cities in India, but will increase this to 10 by year-end.

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http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=23934

AirAsia India to introduce red-eye flights.


Old News - posted above.

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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:22 pm

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Red-eyes-a-rage-abroad-to-finally-take-off-in-India/articleshow/43470754.cms


The Tata Sons-AirAsia JV low cost carrier plans to launch these "red eyes" — called so in the west because of the army of sleepy and watery eyes of passengers where they are very popular due to low prices — after the winter fog subsides early next year.

"This is among the pushing-the-envelope plans we have for our airline. It will increase aircraft utilization for airlines. And for passengers, there will be other attraction apart from low fares as people who do not want to spend on staying the night in a hotel can return to their home cities on these flights instead of waiting for the morning flights," Mittu Chandilya, CEO of AirAsia India Pvt Ltd (AAIPL), told TOI.


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There is a specific date mentioned in this article. Hence posted.
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With the average domestic sector in India being less than 2 hours, the concept of Red Eye is misleading. A MAA SIN late night departure of SQ for instance is a red eye. It leaves late in the night (around 2300) and because of the time difference reach around 6 AM in the morning (not at 3 AM in the morning). This is what a conventional Red Eye means.

I do not share Mr C''s optimism that (if I understood his statement correctly) that pax will queue up to travel for instance from BOM at 1 AM and reach DEL at 3 AM. What useful purpose does it serve??? The up and down taxi fares (with honourable exceptions like BLR, convenient public transportation to Indian airports is a joke) will add up to nearly as much as your bargain basement air fare anyway.


Red Eyes had a role in India's domestic air transportation 20 years back. That was for a reason. They were almost the only flights then which you could fly at a discounted rate. There was no Tatkaal in Indian Railways then, so Air India's ( the then AI with IC being separate )discounted flights which were mostly first or last domestic leg of their international flights between 11 and 5 AM were good value. AI 112 JFK LHR DEL BOM was for many years popular with DEL BOM travellers , and with a 747 with half the pax getting off at DEL, seats were not too difficult to get s well.

Now things are different. Cheap fares are readily available. more and more companies and even individual travellers are opting for facilities like Guest Houses or serviced apartments instead of 3 star and 5 star properties... So where is this huge rush forsay a BOM DEL or a BLR COK 0100 Dep 0200/0300 Arr flight going to come from???

Now the much hyped aircraft utilisation. There is also a small thing called maintenance. And the relatively shorter hops means more cycles (take offs and landings) and the red eyes added to that will mean more frequent aircraft checks.

Also not to sure about the Indian FDTL (flight duty time limitations), but in UK for instance, any landing after 0000 means additional rest for flight crew. So will all these extra revenue apparently waiting to pour in once the "red eyes" start offset the extra crew and maintenance costs???

I for one doubt it but then I am a layman and I assume Mr C has done his homework. Good luck
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With the average domestic sector in India being less than 2 hours, the concept of Red Eye is misleading. A MAA SIN late night departure of SQ for instance is a red eye. It leaves late in the night (around 2300) and because of the time difference reach around 6 AM in the morning (not at 3 AM in the morning). This is what a conventional Red Eye means.

I do not share Mr C''s optimism that (if I understood his statement correctly) that pax will queue up to travel for instance from BOM at 1 AM and reach DEL at 3 AM. What useful purpose does it serve??? The up and down taxi fares (with honourable exceptions like BLR, convenient public transportation to Indian airports is a joke) will add up to nearly as much as your bargain basement air fare anyway.


As mentioned, perhaps take a leaf out of the 9W book and have the departure say, on BLR-BOM to be 0300 - 0450. So not too bad and 5 AM is a decent enough time to reach a city. One can get to the airport (BOM in this case) at midnight with no difficulty and burn an hour or two at the terminal.
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If the red-eye price are low enough, there'll be enough and more folks lining up to take the flight. A midnight departure out of BLR means you have to leave home or work at 9/9:30 pm - which is quite ideal. And for last minute travel plans - a midnight flight at 4K will be far more attractive than a 9 pm departure at 10K.
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With the average domestic sector in India being less than 2 hours, the concept of Red Eye is misleading...
I do not share Mr C''s optimism that (if I understood his statement correctly) that pax will queue up to travel for instance from BOM at 1 AM and reach DEL at 3 AM....
Red Eyes had a role in India's domestic air transportation 20 years back. That was for a reason. They were almost the only flights then which you could fly at a discounted rate. There was no Tatkaal in Indian Railways then, so Air India's ( the then AI with IC being separate )discounted flights which were mostly first or last domestic leg of their international flights between 11 and 5 AM were good value...
Now the much hyped aircraft utilisation. There is also a small thing called maintenance...

TKMCE Sir, what a lovely informative post. Points made beautifully, in a precise and concise manner. A small side to the old PM-AI `international connectors': getting a ticket on them in the early 2000s for instance, was a pain, and travel agents often ruled the roost here. Our official travel gents often hid these from us, and one had to have the detailed up-to-date AI schedules and accost them with the information, to get them to issue tickets for these flights. It was not easy, since we had to get official price quotes for them, and our official travel agents were hardly helpful, as this thinned their margins. The official travel agents used to include them in our itineraries only on long international segments, where PM-AI would suggest them, anyway.
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TKMCE wrote:
With the average domestic sector in India being less than 2 hours, the concept of Red Eye is misleading. A MAA SIN late night departure of SQ for instance is a red eye. It leaves late in the night (around 2300) and because of the time difference reach around 6 AM in the morning (not at 3 AM in the morning). This is what a conventional Red Eye means.

Now the much hyped aircraft utilisation. There is also a small thing called maintenance. And the relatively shorter hops means more cycles (take offs and landings) and the red eyes added to that will mean more frequent aircraft checks.

Also not to sure about the Indian FDTL (flight duty time limitations), but in UK for instance, any landing after 0000 means additional rest for flight crew. So will all these extra revenue apparently waiting to pour in once the "red eyes" start offset the extra crew and maintenance costs???

I for one doubt it but then I am a layman and I assume Mr C has done his homework. Good luck


Great post Sir. FDTL in India is in line with global rules. An arrival post mid night means 2 days of rest as compared to one day when arrived before mid night. Also, a take off pre 0545 means 2 days of rest after duty ends.

During the two off peak quarters in India, flights across the day are empty, how are we going to fill up red eyes.

Red eyes are best reserved for festive reasons and to be opened few weeks before departure to cash in on the festive rush, similar to how the bus operators do, flat fare which is 1.8x the normal fare and an additional bus.

Have one BOM - DEL and another DEL-BOM to match the base and cash in on the traffic.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A lot to learn from the bus operators!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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If the red-eye price are low enough, there'll be enough and more folks lining up to take the flight. A midnight departure out of BLR means you have to leave home or work at 9/9:30 pm - which is quite ideal. And for last minute travel plans - a midnight flight at 4K will be far more attractive than a 9 pm departure at 10K


Nimish, Air Asia India have crashed fares to record low levels If a "promo fare" of 990 Rs all inclusive for BLR MAA for a Friday mornig departure is available for purchase as late as three or four days before, how much lower are they going to crash the fare for their "Red Eyes" ?. As it is for the 990 fare, after the government taxes and UDF, they retain just 437. Now why should people pay let us say 200 Rs less for Red Eyes when they will spend far mre in getting to/from the airport.

Red Eyes will work if the day time fares are high. That is not the case now anyway for almost all the routes Air Asia operates and the situation is not going to change overnight except for a few peak periods such as Diwali or Xmas/New Year.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TKMCE wrote:
Nimish, Air Asia India have crashed fares to record low levels If a "promo fare" of 990 Rs all inclusive for BLR MAA for a Friday mornig departure is available for purchase as late as three or four days before, how much lower are they going to crash the fare for their "Red Eyes" ?. As it is for the 990 fare, after the government taxes and UDF, they retain just 437. Now why should people pay let us say 200 Rs less for Red Eyes when they will spend far mre in getting to/from the airport.

Red Eyes will work if the day time fares are high. That is not the case now anyway for almost all the routes Air Asia operates and the situation is not going to change overnight except for a few peak periods such as Diwali or Xmas/New Year.


Completely agreed - which is why I'd said explicitly "And for last minute travel plans - a midnight flight at 4K will be far more attractive than a 9 pm departure at 10K" - clearly if I5 does not have this 10K fare scenario - then the red-eye is just another way for them to waste money
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/air-asia-vistara-book-slots-to-fly-from-delhi-114101500912_1.html



Air Asia, Vistara book slots to fly from Delhi

October 15, 2014

AirAsia India, which had been eyeing six-seven slots here, was offered three slots at the T3 airport. Sources said the carrier, which had earlier planned to start operations from Delhi next year, had now decided to commence these services within a year and a half.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also on Another interesting note - Air Asia India Have started using their call sign "Ariya" from the 14th of Nov, as opposed to earlier using VTF Or VTB.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

^^ What is the meaning/ significance of 'Ariya'?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nimish wrote:
^^ What is the meaning/ significance of 'Ariya'?


I guess...

"Ariya" sounds similar to "Area" which in Hindi is "Vistar" which sounds similar is to "Vistara"

Again based on Tata's cars "Ariya" = "Tata Aria" and "Vistara" = "Tata Indica Vista"

I hope Tatas dont get into shipping and name their company "Storm" after their Tata Safari Storme...
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/chandilya-airasia-profitable-on-4-out-of-5-routes/article6507591.ece

Chandilya: AirAsia profitable on 4 out of 5 routes

October 16

Air Asia India seems to have hit the ground running. The newest entrant in the Indian aviation space is making profits on four of the five routes it operates in the country, according to Mittu Chandilya, Chief Executive Officer.

Bangalore-Chennai is the carrier’s only loss-making route as it has to offer low fares amid high competition from other modes of transport.

“In this (Bangalore-Chennai) route, the competition is high from buses, trains and other carriers. This is telling on our pricing,” Chandilya told BusinessLine on the sidelines of the SITA India Aviation ICT Forum, here on Thursday. The low-cost carrier currently offers services from Bangalore to Goa (two daily flights), Cochin, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Chennai.

Chandilya said his airline is on track to break even next year, when its six aircraft get inducted into service. Currently, the company operates with two Airbus A-320 aircraft. It expects to take delivery of its sixth aircraft by early next year.

“We have a list of top 12 destinations that we wish to fly to and we keep looking at it regularly. We have begun work on two new routes and services should begin in a month,” Chandilya said.

Though he did not provide details, all indications are that the company will strengthen its network in the North while also entering western India. A recent news report had suggested that AirAsia has already sought space for operations from the airport in the national capital, which would mark a significant shift in its initial strategy of focusing on only tier-II and tier-III cities. Chandilya said this was because competition has started following the carrier on its new routes. “Now we have decided to take the fight to their (competitors) backyard…We are open to all routes in the country,” he added.

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