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http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/ai-suspends-flight-from-bhunter-airport/article1-1242995.aspx
AI suspends flight from Bhunter Airport
July 21, 2014
Air India would suspend its flight from the Bhunter airport in Kullu from July 22 to August 31. The move may hit the arrival of high-end tourists in the district in the coming days.
Bhunter airport station manager, Sandeep Puri, told HT that due to bad weather conditions the Air India had decided to suspend its flight from the Bhunter airport.
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| The_Goat wrote: | | 747-237 wrote: | An inter-island air service will start its operation in Andaman and Nicobar from 24 July 2014. The proposed commercial air service from Port Blair to Car Nicobar is being launched by the Andaman and Nicobar Administration.
Inter-island air connectivity will start with CRJ-700 model jet aircraft (chartered by Islands Administration) from Alliance Air Limited, a subsidiary of Air India. The weekly services would be operated from both ends on Thursdays.
The first chartered flight with 67 passenger capacity will fly from the Veer Saavarkar International Airport, Port Blair to Car Nicobar.
http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/interisland-air-service-to-start-in-andaman-nicobar-from-24-july-1405320663-1 |
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Perhaps to tap into tourist traffic looking for a weekend out at the Car Nicobar? I doubt such a route would support, say a daily flight especially considering that the Nicobars (as opposed to the Andamans) are very backwater and not easily accessible to tourists in the first place.
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http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/air-india-to-offer-free-sims-to-passengers-on-london-flight-114072401054_1.html
Air India to offer free SIMs to passengers on London flight
July 24, 2014
Air India passengers will soon be able to avail of free SIM cards with preloaded talk-time on flights to London. The facility is likely to be extended on other flights on European routes shortly.
As part of the airline's efforts to enhance customer experience,
Air India has finalized plans with UK-based mobile service providers to offer free SIM cards with preloaded talk time of one pound to travellers enroute London.
A senior official in Air India said, "Passengers flying to London will be given free SIM cards with preloaded talk-time of one pound. They need not look for telephones to arrange for travel and accommodation on alighting from the plane. The idea is to enhance customer comfort and experience."
The mobile service provider would offer the SIM cards free of charge to passengers in lieu of advertising space on Air India flights.
"Air India is now a part of Star Alliance and we are looking at multiple initiatives to distinguish and enhance our service offerings. While this particular facility will initially be available on our flights to London, talks are on to extend it on other European routes as well", added the official. |
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| Spiderguy252 wrote: | | The_Goat wrote: | | 747-237 wrote: | An inter-island air service will start its operation in Andaman and Nicobar from 24 July 2014. The proposed commercial air service from Port Blair to Car Nicobar is being launched by the Andaman and Nicobar Administration.
Inter-island air connectivity will start with CRJ-700 model jet aircraft (chartered by Islands Administration) from Alliance Air Limited, a subsidiary of Air India. The weekly services would be operated from both ends on Thursdays.
The first chartered flight with 67 passenger capacity will fly from the Veer Saavarkar International Airport, Port Blair to Car Nicobar.
http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/interisland-air-service-to-start-in-andaman-nicobar-from-24-july-1405320663-1 |
and why only one a week? |
Perhaps to tap into tourist traffic looking for a weekend out at the Car Nicobar? I doubt such a route would support, say a daily flight especially considering that the Nicobars (as opposed to the Andamans) are very backwater and not easily accessible to tourists in the first place. |
Everyone needs permission to go to Car Nicobar, including Indian citizens as well. This could be for local traffic and a few tourists who manage to get the required approvals. Only Andaman Island residents are exempt. |
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| sabya99 wrote: | | Cross posting from Skyscrapercity forum : (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=562470&page=344 ) |
What a terrible article. Badly written and badly constructed explanation 
Without knowing all the facts- well done crew! Engine failures at heavy TO weights are never easy and they got the aircraft on the ground. But come on- they did their job! They didn't do anything miraculous nor do they need to be in the newspaper (it would be nice to get the recognition but certainly not a must). They will have some explaining to do to company as to why they didn't jettison etc but that's between them and AI they have all the information and I'm sure there were factors involved which compelled them to land ASAP.
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| 747-237 wrote: | | Air India to offer free SIMs to passengers on London flight |
Awesome - great for pax. I just hope they keep enough stock and don't end up disappointing pax who are banking on this scheme.
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Trouble for AI Dreamliners: This time, the door won't close
| Quote: | NEW DELHI: For the second time in a week, Air India faced twin troubles simultaneously with the snag-prone Dreamliners when they were supposed to fly out of Delhi to Australia and UK on Thursday morning but had to be grounded.
The first snag was the most unexpected one. AI 113 was taxiing to take off for Birmingham with 126 passengers on board. The cabin crew realized that one of the flight deck doors had not shut properly. Sources said crew could hear sound of air from the door.
The pilot immediately brought the plane (VT-ANG) back to Terminal 3 where the door was shut properly. The plane taxied out again but the same problem persisted. It returned to the bay for the second time almost an hour after it had first taxied out.
Engineers spent some hours trying to fix the problem in vain.
Eventually AI had to arrange another Dreamliner to fly harried passengers to Birmingham.Another Boeing 787 (VT-ANK) was to fly as AI 302 to Sydney with 246 passengers around the same time. This aircraft too developed a snag which could not be rectified by engineers after several hours. Its "bus tie braker" which is used to change aircraft's source of power if the primary source fails failed. AI had to arrange for another Dreamliner to fly to Australia. Both the flights took off after several hours of delay.
Incidentally, last Friday, two Dreamliners supposed to fly to Moscow and Singapore had also developed snags simultaneously. Both these planes could not be repaired and AI had to arrange for another B-787s to operate these flights.
AI chief Rohit Nandan and DGCA chief Prabhat Kumar were among the stranded passengers when the Moscow flight developed a snag last week.Sources say AI has, this year, faced almost 150 groundings of its Dreamliner flights.Aviation secretary Ashok Lavasa has asked AI to submit a detailed report on the troubles faced with this brand new plane. AI has also been asked to see if other international airlines using this aircraft are also facing similar level of troubles.
"Just when we repeatedly face one type of problem and Boeing manages to find an answer to them, another issue crops us. While safety of the Dreamliner is not in question, the snags have become endemic and causing flight delays and cancellations regularly," said a source.
A senior AI official said the airline's engineering is in constant touch with Boeing.
Last week, aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati told Parliament in a written reply that the AI's Dreamliner fleet did 9,902 take offs till June, 2014 and as many as 318 of those flights faced "service delays attributed to technical snags".
AI sought compensation from Boeing for three counts of the Dreamliner the over three-year delay in delivery of the aircraft; grounding of this aircraft for four months last year and for failure to meet "guaranteed performance" standards of fuel consumption as the plane has not proven to be as fuel efficient as it was promised to be and was the deal-clincher for AI placing an order for 27 of them. |
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Trouble-for-AI-Dreamliners-This-time-the-door-wont-close/articleshow/38986949.cms |
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I wonder what is better, a reliable but relatively fuel-expensive aircraft like the 77L/77W, or a snag prone, unreliable one with allegedly better economics like the 787. It could well be that with the 787, AI is losing on repairs and cancellations whatever money it is saving on fuel.
Those 77Ls could have been re-configured and used on shorter routes, IMO. Who says that they must always do only ULR flights?
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| The_Goat wrote: | | Those 77Ls could have been re-configured and used on shorter routes, IMO. Who says that they must always do only ULR flights? |
77Ls - no, but the 747s, perhaps, akin to the ones in Japan transporting domestic pax within the country during their heyday.
With that said, it does look like the 787s have done more good than harm for AI ever since they entered the fleet.
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| Spiderguy252 wrote: | | The_Goat wrote: | | Those 77Ls could have been re-configured and used on shorter routes, IMO. Who says that they must always do only ULR flights? |
77Ls - no, but the 747s, perhaps, akin to the ones in Japan transporting domestic pax within the country during their heyday.
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The Japanese domestic 747s were the SR type, specially built with short range and high capacity. AI's 744s are not that type.
and by shorter routes, I don't mean BOM-DEL or MAA-HYD.
The 77Ls could have been reconfigured by removing those useless F class beds , retaining the J capacity, and maybe, introducing 10-abreast 3-4-3 configuration in Y. These could then have been used for the Europe terminators and the Australia flights.
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Air India terminates contract of 30 pilots
| Quote: | NEW DELHI: Air India has terminated the services of almost 30 pilots who were working on contract, including all expats hired for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, in the past six months. With each contract pilot getting almost Rs 10 lakh per month, cash-strapped AI hopes to save about Rs 4 crore from the move.
"We have terminated contract of 11 pilots of Boeing 777, two simulator instructors who used to get Rs 4,500 per hour, two pilots of Boeing 747 and about 15 expats hired for the Dreamliner," said a senior official. The airline has not hired any new pilot recently and has only seen some resignations.
"AI has inducted 16 Dreamliners over the past two years. AI and Indian Airlines together have 1,450 pilots. The Dreamliners are being flown by an equal number of pilots drawn from both these erstwhile airlines without any new pilot being hired. We will launch new routes on this plane from Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai," said an official.The airline has also started doing all its training internally, instead of sending pilots abroad. |
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Air-India-terminates-contract-of-30-pilots/articleshow/39002335.cms |
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| shivendrashukla wrote: | | almost Rs 10 lakh per month |
Surely that's a typo?  |
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| I believe Indian Captains make 4L/month therefore expats making 10L a month doesn't sound that high. |
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| Jeh wrote: | | shivendrashukla wrote: | | almost Rs 10 lakh per month |
Surely that's a typo? |
Why? That's ~200K a year, probably below the median wage for a wide body captain. |
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http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/companies/ai-systems-integration-with-star-alliance-sita-completes-technical-requisites_104841.html
AI systems integration with Star Alliance: SITA completes technical requisites
Global aviation IT firm Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques (SITA) on Sunday said it has completed a variety of technical requisites for Air India to integrate its systems with that of Star Alliance, including those concerning ticketing, e-commerce, departure control and revenue integrity.
SITA, which earlier integrated the systems of erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India after their merger, also provided its Horizon Passenger Services System (PSS) suite of solutions for Air India to seamlessly integrate with the global airlines' grouping.
The PSS suite comprises technological solutions for various activities like integrating reservations, frequent flyer programmes, departure control services, fares and revenue integrity and e-commerce. It also provides passengers with an efficient online booking engine, kiosk check-in and web check-in, a SITA statement said.
Observing that Star Alliance membership would facilitate Air India's ability to achieve its future growth strategy, airline CMD Rohit Nandan said SITA's "cutting-edge technology was instrumental in making the membership possible and will undoubtedly allow us to continue to improve efficiencies and deliver enhanced passenger services".
SITA CEO Francesco Violante said Air India's entry into the alliance was "achieved in record time" and Air India would "now be able to offer passengers a seamless travel experience across the Star Alliance network around the world".
Its Vice President (India and Subcontinent) Maneesh Jaikrishna said his organisation had provided Air India with "mission-critical solutions for more than 50 years including network connectivity, desktop infrastructure and associated support at all its domestic and international stations in addition to solutions for check-in, air-to-ground communications, fares management and baggage tracing".
SITA has implemented several innovations for Indian airlines, airports, passengers and other stakeholders like common use check-in and baggage management systems, air-ground communications and airport management systems. |
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| sshank wrote: | | Jeh wrote: | | shivendrashukla wrote: | | almost Rs 10 lakh per month |
Surely that's a typo? |
Why? That's ~200K a year, probably below the median wage for a wide body captain. |
Negative. I have seen some of AI's emolument books. AI captains make somewhere between 45 - 65 L INR per year depending on their seniority and position (Commander, Sr. Commander, Check Pilot, Mgmt. Pilot going upto head of Tech Ops).
For expats, apart from emoluments, the contracts sometimes also includes perks such as accommodation at base, fixed slots of vacations and return J tickets to their home countries atleast twice a year. Not sure how much of all this was included in their contract.
AI had some expats for the 777 fleet, and I believe still has lot of expats in AIX. Both AI and AIX have been a revolving door of sorts due to the constant wage issues with Mgmt. and in general, the delays due to financial condition, that they have tried to curtail with bonds and contracts. |
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http://www.financialexpress.com/news/now-boeing-asks-air-india-not-to-fly-b787-dreamliners-near-thunderstorms/1275189
Now, Boeing asks Air India not to fly B-787 Dreamliners near thunderstorms
Jul 30 2014
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has asked Air India to avoid flying its Dreamliner planes near thunderstorms as it enhanced the risk of icing on engines and the airline has changed its operating procedures accordingly.
"Boeing has issued an advisory to Air India to avoid flying the B-787 (Dreamliner) aircraft near high-level thunderstorms due to an increased risk of icing on the General Electric GEnx engines used on it," Minister of State for Civil Aviation G M Siddeshwara said in reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
He said the problem was caused by a build-up of ice crystals behind the main fan of the engine, causing a brief loss of thrust.
In view of this, Boeing has modified the operating procedures for Air India for the B-787 planes.
The new procedure fully complied with all operating standards and does not compromise flight safety, he said, adding that it would reduce the risk of icing on the engines and enhanced safety. |
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http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/transport/story/air-india-retimes-singapore-flights-offer-better-connections-new-delh
Air India retimes Singapore flights to offer better connections in New Delhi
Jul 31, 2014
Air India is retiming its flights from Singapore to offer travellers better connections from its hub in India. Instead of 9.15am, its flight to New Delhi will leave at 8.25am from Friday, while the flight to Mumbai via Chennai will be retimed to leave at 9.15am. From New Delhi, travellers will have more convenient connections to domestic destinations as well as international points like London, Paris and Frankfurt, Air India said. Air India which currently operates the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on its Singapore-New Delhi route will deploy the same aircraft to Mumbai via Chennai from Aug 21. |
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This is indeed a great moving, was reading the news this morning.
The aircraft would now operate BOM-MAA-SIN-DEL and the DEL-SIN aircraft would continue onwards to MAA-BOM and give connections out of DEL.
Just that EU to SIN will be a very long wait, arrive in the morning and wait till midnight for the departure
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http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/alliance-air-to-resume-flights-for-ne-from-tomorrow-114073101575_1.html
Alliance Air to resume flights for NE from tomorrow
July 31, 2014
Alliance Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, would resume operations from Kolkata to Shillong in Meghalaya and to Tezpur and Lilabari in Assam from tomorrow, two months after the services were discontinued due to 'fund constraints'.
The airlines' ATR aircrafts would fly on three sectors - Kolkata/Guwahati/Tezpur and return (three days a week), Kolkata/Guwahati/Lilabari and return (four days) and Kolkata/ Shillong/Kolkata and return (six days), the company said in a statement in Kolkata.
Flight 9I-737 will depart Kolkata at 0550 hrs and arrive Guwahati at 0740 hrs, depart Guwahati at 0740 hrs and arrive Tezpur at 0835 hrs. The return flight 9I-738 will leave Tezpur at 0855 hrs and reach Guwahati at 0950 hrs, depart Guwahati at 1020 hrs and arrive at Kolkata at 1155hrs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the release said.
Flight 9I-739 will depart Kolkata at 0550 hrs and reach Guwahati at 0720 hrs and depart Guwahati at 0740 hrs to reach Lilabari at 0840 hrs. The return flight 9I-740 will leave Lilabari at 0900 hrs to reach Guwahati at 1000 hrs and take off from Guwahati at 1020 hrs and arrive Kolkata at 1155 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Flight 9I-711 will leave Kolkata at 1235 hrs and reach Shillong at 1420 hrs and the return flight 9I-712 will depart Shillong at 1440 hrs and arrive Kolkata at 1625 hrs everyday except Fridays, the release said.
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[quote="ameya"]This is indeed a great moving, was reading the news this morning.
The aircraft would now operate BOM-MAA-SIN-DEL and the DEL-SIN aircraft would continue onwards to MAA-BOM and give connections out of DEL.
Just that EU to SIN will be a very long wait, arrive in the morning and wait till midnight for the departure[/quote]
If the fares are right, and the passenger has time on his/her hands, and is eligible for a visa on arrival, they could go around Delhi during the long lay over?
I do that when flying from the west coast to Chennai-the plane lands in Singapore very early in the morning and the flight to Chennai is later that evening. I usually take the train and walk around Singapore. |
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| 747-237 wrote: | http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/transport/story/air-india-retimes-singapore-flights-offer-better-connections-new-delh
Air India retimes Singapore flights to offer better connections in New Delhi
Jul 31, 2014
Air India is retiming its flights from Singapore to offer travellers better connections from its hub in India. Instead of 9.15am, its flight to New Delhi will leave at 8.25am from Friday, while the flight to Mumbai via Chennai will be retimed to leave at 9.15am. From New Delhi, travellers will have more convenient connections to domestic destinations as well as international points like London, Paris and Frankfurt, Air India said. Air India which currently operates the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on its Singapore-New Delhi route will deploy the same aircraft to Mumbai via Chennai from Aug 21. |
So what is going to happen to the A330 are they being returned back to the leasing company. |
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