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HAWK21M
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Whats the situation on the staff salaries....is it on time now or still delayed.
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Ok I do not know if this has been posted earlier, but here is the tentative AI DEL - MOW service which has not yet been announced.
AI 155 DEL - DME 0125 0620
AI 154 DME - DEL 0800 1520 |
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| avbuff wrote: | Ok I do not know if this has been posted earlier, but here is the tentative AI DEL - MOW service which has not yet been announced.
AI 155 DEL - DME 0125 0620
AI 154 DME - DEL 0800 1520 |
Does that first flight still take off in 35 minutes from now?
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| jasepl wrote: | | avbuff wrote: | Ok I do not know if this has been posted earlier, but here is the tentative AI DEL - MOW service which has not yet been announced.
AI 155 DEL - DME 0125 0620
AI 154 DME - DEL 0800 1520 |
Does that first flight still take off in 35 minutes from now? |
Just did, 20 mins behind schd, in a parallel universe, ofcourse. 
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sammyk
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747-237 must be watching this. 
Wow, they shipped that overnight to India? Or was it sent to the NY (JFK) zip code on the FedEx label then put on an AI flight? |
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| Jeh wrote: | | Probably the first time I've seen the AI livery done right on an aircraft model |
Ah...those lovely 5 arched windows, in the Jaipuri Hawa Mahal style! How I miss that in the current (otherwise lovely) Flying Swan livery. The current single arch (`pumpkin') style is something many style pundits rave about: well in tune with the current simplistic design trends. Not me, but design is not my cup of tea.
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| Jeh wrote: | | Not exactly 'news', |
True.
| sammyk wrote: | | 747-237 must be watching this. |
You know me too well, my friend 
While it's a Pacmin, it's a 1:200, which does not make it as valuable as the larger ones. It has been on eBay for a while, started at $1000, now down to $800. The seller has rather unrealistic expectations, in my opinion. The highest I've seen an Air India model go for on eBay was that classic AeroMini 747-237 a few years ago, for $987 plus shipping. I don't think this one is classic enough for that price, but of course, it all depends on the buyer. Like Jeh said, if I had $800 to throw away, ... you know the rest
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Last Sun (23 Feb, 2014), I saw THREE Air India Regional/Alliance Air `masked bandit's on the domestic South-facing remote stands at IGIA, DEL. This is by far the largest number seen on the active tarmac in the recent past, given the spares issues with the engines. However, the schedules till March indicate a substantial reduction in frequencies, including one day shaved off the schedules for both STV and JLR, for instance. Are some birds to be returned to the lessor? Any one in the know, here?
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-03/india-asks-boeing-to-fix-frequent-snags-with-787-dreamliners
India Asks Boeing to Fix Frequent Snags With 787 Dreamliners
March 03, 2014
India has asked Boeing Co. to find a solution for frequent problems with state-owned Air India Ltd.’s 787 Dreamliners, and said any decision on the fleet will depend on the planemaker’s response.
“There are a lot of glitches which are happening every now and then,” Ajit Singh, India’s civil aviation minister, told reporters in New Delhi today. “Everything depends on what kind of response we get,” he said, when asked if grounding the fleet was an option.
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In the first action of its kind, Air India sacked about 10 air hostesses last week for reporting late for work, delaying flights. AI decided to crack the whip after witnessing an unusual rise in instances of cabin crew sauntering in when they want, keeping passengers waiting for hours. More crew members could lose their jobs in the coming days, warned a senior official.
"The first batch of four air hostesses was sacked after a Delhi-Chicago non-stop flight was delayed because of late arrival of stewardesses last week. The services of five or six more were terminated on Sunday evening. More action will follow," said a senior official.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Air-India-sacks-10-flight-attendants-for-reporting-late/articleshow/31366872.cms
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^^ I'm guessing these were habitual offenders - not normal to sack the first time something happens.
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| 747-237 wrote: | | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Air-India-sacks-10-flight-attendants-for-reporting-late/articleshow/31366872.cms |
From the relative comfort of my armchair, here are a few disturbing trends:
- Most of these are flights with the pre-merger-AI crew. Oz, and Chicago, at least. the PMAI cabin crew tried to put a spanner in the works for the Oz flights as well, remember those `tight schedules' complaints, before the AI management had a look at the FB pics of why they were not getting enough rest: irresponsible partying?
- DXB is currently a Dream)liner destination, and perhaps one with the PM-AI cabin crew. how can cabin crew `opt' (if that were an option at the 11th hour, that is) for a flight that is scheduled much, much later? DXB is at night, whereas the Oz flight is at 1pm?
- The numbers: 2200 of 3600 are for international operations, just less than two-thirds. Of course, the flights are longer, and the layovers too. I wonder how the corresponding numbers are for other airlines that have both domestic and international presence.
- The ToI picture caption said, `(Pic for representation only.)', else I would have jumped up and said, hey - that is ex-IC crew, outside T1A at BOM.
- I wonder what principally contributes more to AI's bad OTP: is it just the international ops? I do not fly international as much as some others do, and in almost every case, I fly AI. I also like to fly the AI wide-body domestic connectors, as and when possible. Barring very few cases, I have not experienced serious delays (more than 15min, which the OTP calculations involve: thank you, Ameya Sir for educating me on this). AI domestic out of DEL has the two banks of operation, which put in a large flexibility in the operations, and my outgoing flights out of my home base DEL have generally corresponded to these banks, so the delays have been absolutely minimal. Yet, DEL shows very bad OTP figures for AI. Of course, I do not fly that regularly, and may have been quite lucky. Can some one in the know help, here?
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This is just an observation of the last few months and not insider info but I have observed that AI is consistently delayed out of DEL in the last 3 months by about 30 mins or so, why am I surprised, because the aircraft which operates generally ahs reached atleast an hour in advance to that flight, which means that the ground crew is not doing a good job OR flights are waiting for connecting pax OR there are engg issues
However, there could be issues with crew as well, going by the thread here.
I guess when its time for AI to stick its neck out and go after the others, some internal or external factors are again trying to keep them low |
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What happened to VT-SCD/E?
I saw one of the two..in a photo, obviously, touching down in Hamburg.
IC colors..
Are they being returned and stuff? |
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| jbalonso777 wrote: | | What happened to VT-SCD/E? |
From what I have heard (and member 747-237 also mentioned it on this forum, IIRC) at least VT-SCD was being returned to the lessor. Planes being returned; AI domestic, AIX and AI Regional are badly in need of planes, and the Government does not seem to be moving on new aircraft leases (A320s for AI domestic, B738s for AIX, AT72s for AI-R/CD). Sad. |
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| sumantra wrote: | | jbalonso777 wrote: | | What happened to VT-SCD/E? |
From what I have heard (and member 747-237 also mentioned it on this forum, IIRC) at least VT-SCD was being returned to the lessor. |
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Two A319s have been withdrawn from the fleet, VT-SCD & VT-SCE. Both were former Indian Airlines / Indian aircraft.
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From: http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/air-india-salary-bill-bloats-on-promotions/1/203941.html
| Quote: | Air India promoting staff in brazen violation of norms, Bombay HC order
It's raining promotions in loss-making Air India (AI) just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in brazen violation of norms and a Bombay High Court (HC) order restricting promotions.
In an unprecedented move, the management of the bleeding Maharaja announced a phenomenal 203 promotions last month even as it is supposed to curtail the salary bill for a turnaround.
In February, the airline promoted as many as 126 senior managers to assistant general managers (AGM), 24 AGMs to DGM, 23 managers to senior managers and 30 deputy managers to managers.
Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh refused to comment.
2003 employees promoted last month
Official documents accessed by Mail Today reveal that many of these promotions were based on proforma, which means that the executives were actually not due for promotion but promoted merely because their juniors had superseded them.
The airline management has brazenly violated the norms for the sanctioned strength of 28 DGMs and gone ahead to appoint as many as 59 officials to this post. This is more than twice the sanctioned number for this grade. Similarly, 1,056 deputy managers and managers have been appointed while the sanctioned posts for these ranks is only 568.
Interestingly, the list of 59 deputy GMs who are in the race for promotion for the post of GM is currently stuck as the airline has to select only eight of them based on seniority. However, the eight who qualify are from erstwhile Indian Airlines.
Many of these DGMs from AI who are being left out are up in arms and have questioned the management of promoting executives at a time when the HC on January 27 refused to stay the implementation of the Justice (retired) DM Dharmadhikari Committee report. The airline on February 10 issued an order banning all promotions but made a self- interpretation of the HC order a few days later to come out with a list promoting 24 senior managers as DGMs. AI executive director Deepa Mahajan told Mail Today that the court order had put a stay on promotions of workmen and not executives.
But many AI officials refused to buy the management's argument.
"When the court has already put a stay on implementation of Dharmadhikari report and we don't yet have a proper integration in place, how can the airline shower promotions. The airline just cannot afford to pay more for salary bills," said a top AI executive |
Oh lord - when will this saga end?
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| abhijith16 wrote: | After more than 20+7 years on the DOH-BOM route (IX from 2007, and AI from 1983, hence 20+7), IX has officially suspended DOH-BOM route effective from 27th March.
IX has also clubbed both IXE-DOH and BAH direct flights together, 3 times a week. (one weekly IXE-DOH-BAH-IXE, and two weekly IXE-BAH-DOH-IXE). The additional 1 weekly CCJ-DOH flight has also been cancelled. |
Plan is reversed. IX to continue 3w DOH-BOM!
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Air India continues to dismiss flight attendants: reports
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7-Mar-2014 10:49 AM
Air India has reportedly now dismissed close to three dozen cabin crew members for reporting late for work and delaying services over the past 12 days, with the carrier noting: “Any violation of rules and regulations of the company amounts to official action and appropriate action has been initiated against the cabin crew members" (The Hindu/TNN/PTI, 06-Mar-2014). Earlier this week, the carrier had reportedly dismissed seven crew members following the reported termination of 10 employees last week. The airline, on 20-Feb-2014, issued a notice warning cabin crew that if they do not reach airports on time for their services, penal action would be taken against them. |
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^^ Do we know if this is for real (actual disciplinary action) or some kind of vendetta? 3 dozen FAs in a couple of weeks seems like a lot, soon AI will be left with no FAs!
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| Nimish wrote: | | ^^ Do we know if this is for real (actual disciplinary action) or some kind of vendetta? 3 dozen FAs in a couple of weeks seems like a lot, soon AI will be left with no FAs! |
I am surprised that the Shiv Sena supported Cabin Crew Union is mum over these terminations. I would have expected Shiv Sena goons to have gone a rampage at Nariman Point HQ.
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I am surprised that the Shiv Sena supported Cabin Crew Union is mum over these terminations. I would have expected Shiv Sena goons to have gone a rampage at Nariman Point HQ. |
I though that the entire AI headquarters had been shifted to Delhi, lock, stock and barrel, and that nothing but a shell existed at Nariman Point now?
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A Chicago-bound Boeing 777 of Air India on Monday returned to Delhi six hours after taking off from IGI airport as the aircraft suffered a transponder failure just when it was about to cross Afghanistan. The flight, AI 127 with 313 passengers and 16 crew members, had flown for about three hours out of India when the transponder failed.
The pilot then had to return to Delhi as an aircraft cannot enter Europe without a working transponder. The aircraft was a Boeing 777-300 ER.
"The plane returned to Delhi safely. Passengers will be sent to Chicago after a while as the crew duty time limitation kicked in. We are trying to make alternate arrangements at the earliest," said an AI official.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chicago-bound-Air-India-flight-suffers-snag-back-to-Delhi-6-hours-after-take-off/articleshow/31776979.cms
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Air India faces challenges meeting cabin crew/passenger ratio on some international services: report
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10-Mar-2014 10:32 AM
Air India is reportedly facing challenges meeting is cabin crew to passenger ratio on some international services amid a cabin crew shortage (Live Mint, 07-Mar-2014). The carrier has reportedly requested cabin crew to announce some aircraft doors as unserviceable on international services and possibly offload passengers in case of a shortage of cabin crew reporting for a service. Indian regulations stipulate an airline must have one crew for every 50 passengers onboard for any safety emergency evacuation. The carrier's Boeing 777s have around 340 seats and 10 doors, which means 10 crew are required for each flight. If only nine crew members report for a flight, the passengers can be seated only along the other nine doors. The new diktat is part of a circular Air India issued after it faced cabin crew shortage the past few months. Air India joint GM customer services D X Pais, on a 01-Mar-2014 circular, said: "Cabin crew are required to ensure that there is no delay to our flights on account of reasons that can be attributed to cabin crew and there should also not be any violation of DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) rules and regulations. It is reported that cabin crew are still not clear (on) complement requirement on board". He added. "As per the safety rule requirements while deploying the cabin crew all floor level doors of aircraft are required to be manned. In the event Air India is not in a position to do so the unmanned door would be declared inoperative with implication on capacity and load". |
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| The_Goat wrote: | | himmat01 wrote: |
I am surprised that the Shiv Sena supported Cabin Crew Union is mum over these terminations. I would have expected Shiv Sena goons to have gone a rampage at Nariman Point HQ. |
I though that the entire AI headquarters had been shifted to Delhi, lock, stock and barrel, and that nothing but a shell existed at Nariman Point now? |
Yes, if the Shiv Sena protested, there wouldn't be anyone in the building other than a few peons and clerks to hear them, most of who are probably on an 8-hour chai break anyways.
Not that reality would ever stop the Sena goons from screaming and shouting. |
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Air India Express confirmed during the recent Routes Asia convention that they will switch their respective operations from Dubai Int'l to Sharjah during the former's upcoming runway renovation exercise, set to run from May 1 to July 20, 2014.
Air India Express currently serves Dubai Intl from Amritsar, Jaipur, Kochi Int'l, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai Int'l, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram and Tiruchirapally.
http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/26347-air-india-express-spicejet-to-switch-from-dxb-to-sharjah-in-may
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| sri_bom wrote: | Air India faces challenges meeting cabin crew/passenger ratio on some international services: report
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10-Mar-2014 10:32 AM
Air India is reportedly facing challenges meeting is cabin crew to passenger ratio on some international services amid a cabin crew shortage (Live Mint, 07-Mar-2014). The carrier has reportedly requested cabin crew to announce some aircraft doors as unserviceable on international services and possibly offload passengers in case of a shortage of cabin crew reporting for a service. Indian regulations stipulate an airline must have one crew for every 50 passengers onboard for any safety emergency evacuation. The carrier's Boeing 777s have around 340 seats and 10 doors, which means 10 crew are required for each flight. If only nine crew members report for a flight, the passengers can be seated only along the other nine doors. The new diktat is part of a circular Air India issued after it faced cabin crew shortage the past few months. Air India joint GM customer services D X Pais, on a 01-Mar-2014 circular, said: "Cabin crew are required to ensure that there is no delay to our flights on account of reasons that can be attributed to cabin crew and there should also not be any violation of DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) rules and regulations. It is reported that cabin crew are still not clear (on) complement requirement on board". He added. "As per the safety rule requirements while deploying the cabin crew all floor level doors of aircraft are required to be manned. In the event Air India is not in a position to do so the unmanned door would be declared inoperative with implication on capacity and load". |
Twisting rules are you AI? So if you have light loads on a given flight, would you remove the minimum number of crew required and despatch the flight even if therr's no shortage? |
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Incident: Air India Express B738 at Lucknow on Mar 8th 2014, dropped part of nose wheel
An Air India Express Boeing 737-800, registration VT-AYB performing flight IX-193 from Lucknow (India) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) with 189 people on board, was enroute north of Mumbai (India) when ATC told the crew that parts of the nose wheel had been found on the departure runway at Lucknow. The crew declared emergency, descended the aircraft to FL280 and decided to divert to Mumbai where the aircraft performed a low approach to have the damage assessed from the ground. The aircraft subsequently landed safely on runway 27 about 140 minutes after the crew was informed about the parts of the nose wheel on the departure runway.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VT-AXP reached Dubai with a delay of 6 hours.
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Incident: Air India B773 near Delhi on Mar 10th 2014, transponder failure
An Air India Boeing 777-300, registration VT-ALS performing flight AI-127 from Delhi (India) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 313 passengers and 16 crew, was climbing out of Delhi when the crew stopped the climb at FL280 reporting a problem with the transponders. The aircraft descended to FL150, entered a hold to dump fuel and landed safely back in Delhi about 140 minutes after departure.
A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration VT-ALT reached Chicago with a delay of 15.5 hours.
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Not a good week for Boeings, egh?
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http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/no-plans-to-ground-dreamliners-air-india-114031200821_1.html
No plans to ground Dreamliners: Air India
Air India Wednesday made it clear it has no plans to ground the Dreamliner 787 as there were no safety issues in incidents involving the plane.
"Air India has got no such plans as of today to ground Dreamliners. It is for regulators to take a view on the matter but we are quite satisfied with the quality of service we have received from this plane and its economics," he said.
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http://www.ptinews.com/news/4492950_AI-to-deploy-Dreamliner-on-S-pore-Delhi-S-pore-route-.html
AI to deploy Dreamliner on S'pore-Delhi-S'pore route
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Air India today said it will ply the Dreamliner on the Singapore-Delhi-Singapore route, from March 20, more than doubling the passenger capacity through aircraft upgrade.
The Dreamliner's introduction on the daily Singapore route is on popular demand, said Nirbhik Narang, Air India's country manager in Singapore.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-plane-in-near-miss-as-pakistan-atc-gives-incorrect-information/articleshow/31903187.cms
Air India plane in near-miss as Pakistan ATC gives incorrect information
March 12 2014
Air India flight AI-130 from London's Heathrow Airport yesterday escaped a near-miss incident after the Karachi Air Traffic Control (ATC) gave pilot a wrong frequency that could have changed the flight path of the Boeing 787 and brought it close to Philippine's Cebu Airline from Dubai.
"It is a very serious incident and we do not have any precedent of such an incident," Airports Authority of India chairman Alok Sinha told reporters on the sidelines of the India Aviation show here.
"We are still deliberating (decide) as to what level should the issue be taken up -- at the diplomatic level or at some other forum," Sinha said, asserting "we will ensure that such an incident does not occur again."
The Karachi ATC also gave its Mumbai counterpart an incorrect ETA (expected arrival time) when the Air India aircraft was flying over Sapna and Nobat, thereby reducing the time gap between it and the Cebu plane.
In the incident that occured at 0130 hours on Tuesday, the Karachi ATC asked the pilot of the Air India flight to report two-way with the ATC in Mumbai.
However, the pilot even after trying various frequencies could not contact the Mumbai ATC as it had not yet reached Mumbai airspace but later managed to establish contact with the Ahmedabad ATC.
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| 747-237 wrote: |
AI to deploy Dreamliner on S'pore-Delhi-S'pore route
Mar 12
Air India today said it will ply the Dreamliner on the Singapore-Delhi-Singapore route, from March 20, more than doubling the passenger capacity through aircraft upgrade.
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I assume that is Delhi-Singapore-Delhi, or will the aircraft really be based at Singapore?
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| The_Goat wrote: | | I assume that is Delhi-Singapore-Delhi |
Indeed.
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| The_Goat wrote: |
I assume that is Delhi-Singapore-Delhi, or will the aircraft really be based at Singapore? |
I'm sorry, this could be a lack of knowledge, and/or a silly question..
But..I haven't really heard of examples of an airline basing an aircraft out of its country of origin (let alone hub). Do you know any such instance, maybe an explanation as to why AI would base the aircraft at SIN?
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| jbalonso777 wrote: | | The_Goat wrote: |
I assume that is Delhi-Singapore-Delhi, or will the aircraft really be based at Singapore? |
I'm sorry, this could be a lack of knowledge, and/or a silly question..
But..I haven't really heard of examples of an airline basing an aircraft out of its country of origin (let alone hub). Do you know any such instance, maybe an explanation as to why AI would base the aircraft at SIN?
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There's plenty (but rarer today than in the past). AI aren't doing so though; that's just sloppy reporting.
Delta have a whole bunch of planes based in Japan.
Nearer home, Failga have planes based in Dhabi and Hong Kong (and Brussels too).
Then there's the plethora of Euro LCCs with bases in several countries.
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