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Aiel · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 927 Location: Bangalore

Air India Express, Alliance Air to merge

V Thulasidas, CMD, Air-India, speaking at the induction function of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft into the Air India Express fleet said, Air India Express and Indian Airlines' low-cost arm Alliance Air will be combined into one entity which will have operations both abroad as well as domestically.

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HAWK21M · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 7:11 am Post subject:

Nice links.
Thanks for sharing.

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Air India Cargo.

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Aseem · Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ

this thread has become pretty long and is on 10th page...I shall close this one once it reaches it full lenght...
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Air-India to enhance US operations, improve services

http://tinyurl.com/2alcun
HINDUSTAN TIMES

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Currently, Air-India operates daily flights to New York and Newark. The flight frequencies to Chicago and Los Angeles are six and five a week respectively.

"Air-India will have a daily service to Los Angles - four from Mumbai and three from New Delhi. The services to Chicago will also be enhanced to seven flights a week," said Bhargava.

Air-India has also decided to add three more US destinations - San Francisco, Washington and Houston - within this year after it gets possession of more aircraft with a view to maximise revenues.

"We have created in-house training modules for our ground staff and cabin crews to help them serve our customers in a better way. They are being sensitised to understand the changing needs of consumers," he said.

Air-India has tied up with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and French designer Pierre Cardin to create new uniforms for its employees under the "Making a Difference" programme.

An investment of Rs 4 billion has been earmarked for revamping the interiors of Air-India aircraft. The new changes will include luxurious seats for all classes, more luggage space and personal entertainment sets.

"We have to offer all the services that other international carriers are offering to customers," said Bhargava.

karatecatman · Guest

Air India regains IATA safety audit certificate

http://tinyurl.com/22aurr
HINDUSTAN TIMES

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Air India on Friday regained the safety audit certification of the IATA it had failed in February, claiming that the highest standards of safety were being followed by it.

"We have got back the IOSA certification after international auditors carried out audits and cleared us," Air India CMD K Thulasidass said in New Delhi.

karatecatman · Guest

A new addition ---AIX's seventh and owned 737-800 arrives.
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=May2007_inbombay_standard13049

karatecatman · Guest

Air India eXPRESS is now looking at Tier II cities.
Being considered seriously is an AIX Mumbai-Jammu and Delhi-Jammu.

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http://tinyurl.com/yox9dj
FINANCIAL EXPRESS

Centre not sure who will head National Aviation Co

The merger of Air India and Indian Airlines has opened up many possibilities

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Another difficulty will be to decide between Air India CMD V Thulasidas or Indian Airlines’ CMD Vishwapathi Trivedi, if the government decides for a single post. But whoever occupies the top post the immediate priority will be to cut losses of the merged entity.

Indian Airlines and Air India have suffered operational losses of Rs 500 crore and Rs 300 crore, respectively, in 2006-07, according to their unaudited results that are still to be made public. The carriers are using income from the sale and lease-back of aircraft to offset these losses, resulting in a nominal net profit on the balance sheets last financial year.

777-237LR · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 140

Thulasidas named CMD of Air India

PTI [ TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2007 06:31:36 PM]

NEW DELHI: Government on Tuesday appointed Air India chief V Thulasidas as CMD and his Indian counterpart Vishwapati Trivedi as Joint Managing Director of the newly merged state-owned carrier.

As per the order, both would hold the post till March 31 next year or till further orders, official sources said.

Thulasidas, an IAS officer, retires on March 25 next year.

The appointments would take effect from the date the merged entity starts functioning, the sources said.

The pay and perks of the two officers would also be protected, they said.

The appointments are a step forward in the merger process of the two public sector airlines. A new company, National Airlines Company Limited, has already been registered.

Earlier this month, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said that the new carrier would start functioning as a single entity by the middle of July.

Patel had also said that the process of amalgamation and route-schedule rationalisation between the two airlines has commenced.

The rationalisation of routes and schedules of the two carriers' between India and Kuwait alone is expected to accrue benefits worth Rs 80 crore per annum. Consultancy firm Accenture is working on these estimates.

The newly-merged carrier Air India may also consider a public offer next year to raise funds and plans to launch new routes, including direct flights to the US, in the next two-three months.

"Public offering is very much on the cards. Earlier, our advisers had disfavoured the Initial Public Offer due to adverse market conditions as well as the low net worth of the two entities. Now, we hope we can consider IPO in 2008," Patel had said.

The merged entity's registered office would be in New Delhi and corporate office in Mumbai. Domestic operations and most of the special business units would be based in the national capital.

Link:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Thulasidas_named_CMD_of_Air_India/articleshow/2083923.cms

karatecatman · Guest

Seems to be the end of the Centaur.

All cutlery, crockery that AI is ordering will now have the tail design logo )flying swan with the Konark Chakra) embossed on them.

What a terrible waste for Alia for having redesigned the Centaur!

Jaysit · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346

karatecatman · Guest

Alliance Air revamp hits a speedbreaker
Madhumita Mookerji
Thursday, May 31, 2007 03:37 IST

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KOLKATA: In the wake of the recent announcement of the merger of Alliance Air with Air-India Express, the former’s fleet restructuring plan is likely to get modified.
www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1100172

HAWK21M · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:27 pm Post subject:

I'm not surprised Smile

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Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

It seems CD will be only left with a sublet of leased CRJ-200/700s for regional routes.

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777-237LR · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 140

AI has successfully negotiated with Malaysian for six LHR slots, but are they only for cargo services? Read on

Air India adds six Heathrow slots

31.05.07

Air India has concluded negotiations with Malaysian Airlines for six additional landing slots at Heathrow Airport, the airline said in a statement.

'Air India will not be paying any money to Malaysian Airlines for the slots. Successful conclusion of the agreement would allow Air India to operate six more flights to Britain,' the airline statement said.

Slots at Heathrow Airport sell for up to £20m each, depending on the takeoff and landing time. As these had no cost, we can only assume that they are at unsociable times, and may be used for cargo services.

Link:http://www.uk-airport-news.info/heathrow-airport-news-310507.htm

abn · Member Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 113

AIX got a new plane but no pilots

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sammyk · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:01 pm Post subject:

Good grief, why must Indian reporters scream their stories? Makes it hard to listen to.

HAWK21M · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/05/29/214263/converted-a310-arrives.html
The A310-300 Freighter.
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Aiel · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 927 Location: Bangalore

Air-India to start cargo operations from June 15
National carrier Air -India is all set to commence its cargo operations from June 15. The new cargo fleet will initially start on the Frankfurt and Paris route and will cover more destinations as the number of carrier increases.

“We will begin with the two freighters in the next two weeks and expect to generate revenue of Rs 800 crore in financial year 2007-08,” DS Kohli, executive director, Northern region, Air India told SundayET.

“We will have five more Boeing 737 from Indian Airlines joining the cargo fleet,” adds Mr Kohli.

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HAWK21M · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 1:43 pm Post subject:

Any pics of the CD B732SFs.
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Boeingdream787 · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject:

Eh...?? Whats a "732SF". No such thing as an SF on THAT series bro.....Those are not the classics.They are d Jurrassics...!! And no SF's on those!

sammyk · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:13 am Post subject:

SF is just a suffix used for a converted freighter. It may or may not be an official designation but that is how to tell an factory freighter from a converted freighter.

The suffix can even be applied by the company that does the conversion. For example the 727-100QF which was given that name when it was re-engined with RR Tay engines for UPS.

con spirito · Member Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 577 Location: Inflight

how will be the 310 painted? In the new or old livery?
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karatecatman · Guest

Will be painted eventually is the grapevine.

Priority for the new colurs is for the passenger fleet.
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Something's cooking up at Air India
Air India now wants 135 hotel rooms per week for flight crew w.e.f June 24, 2007.
Rumour is that AI is planning something with the 6 slots from Malayasia Airlines into Heathrow and with a 777.

HAWK21M · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject:

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Air-India starts direct flights from Dammam to Chennai
5 Jun, 2007 l 1057 hrs ISTlPTI
DUBAI: Air-India has started operating non-stop direct flights between Saudi Arabia's Dammam and Chennai.

Services would be conducted on every Monday and Thursday to Chennai which is Air-India's 7th destination from Dammam, Deepak Anand, Air-India manager in Eastern Province, told Arab News on Tuesday.

Air-India also plans to introduce two additional flights, one each to Delhi and Hyderabad by July 2007, which will be followed by additional flights each to Thiruvananthapuram and Calicut, he added.

Anand was speaking on the occasion of the airline's 75 th year of international operations and the 37th year of operations to the Eastern Province.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/AIs_flights_from_Dammam_to_Chennai/articleshow/2098905.cms

Boeingdream787 · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject:

Thanks Sammy.For the info.News to me.Heard of the F's,the QF's the combis ets.But never the SF's.....lolol.
Well....NOW i have.....!!

Nimish · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject:

karatecatman · Guest

Accoommodation is for ex-Chennai (MAA).

karatecatman · Guest

Indian aviation giant weighs 2009 IPO
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/05/business/sxindia.php

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VANCOUVER: Air India, the new airline to be formed by the merger of India's two state-run carriers, may hold an initial public offering in 2009 to help fund fleet expansion plans, the chairman of the new carrier said Tuesday.

The new Air India plans to start non-stop services between Mumbai and New York from Aug. 1, using Boeing 777-200LR planes, followed by direct flights between New Delhi and the U.S. city before the end of the year. It will decide this year on starting flights to San Francisco from either Mumbai, New Delhi, or Bangalore in southern India.

The airline may eventually consider ordering the Airbus A380 super jumbo jet, according to Thulasidas.

"We will look at the A380 in the future, but not now because we're not looking at new aircraft right now," he said. "In this present order, the last aircraft delivery is in 2011. We have a fleet review exercise that has begun because we want to be clear on what we have to do before 2011."

777-237LR · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 140

Check the latest KPAE photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=515300246&size=o

You can see only two AI 777s, one 777-237LR and one 777-337ER

Have the other two 777LRs gone to get a new coat of paint?

karatecatman · Guest

http://tinyurl.com/2rj73o
ECONOMIC TIMES

Air India's hangar unit to begin in July

PTI[ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 06, 2007 09:10:58 PM]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The hangar unit of Air India would start functioning in the airport here in July, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Vijayakumar said.

In an official press release here today, the minister said steps would be taken to complete the transfer of land for Air India to set up the unit within 30 days.

The high-level committee meeting, in which the decision was taken, was attended by Thiruvananthapuram Airport Development Society Chairman Gyanesh Kumar,District Collector and other officials.

The Minister later visited the airport and reviewed the progress of the construction works there.

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Air India makes sales pitch
http://tinyurl.com/2k26kw
ECONOMIC TIMES

As a run-up to its direct service to New York from Delhi and Mumbai from August this year, Air India is getting ready to launch an intensive marketing and advertising campaign, both in domestic and international markets.

With a new look and feel and rationalisation of routes and schedules, the airline would also make a hard sales pitch for corporate accounts in the coming months, Air India chairman & managing director V Thulasidas told ET.

Air India will get delivery of new aircraft from August this year. The merged airlines would complete the rationalisation of its routes and schedules by the Summer of ‘08. A major part of the new schedules would kick in from winter this year, Mr Thulasidas said.

Mr Thulasidas said finishing touches are being given to the new advertising campaign which is expected to roll out over the next couple of months. “It will be taken to new international destinations we fly to in the coming months,” he said. New York would be one of the key markets for Air India which it plans to connect to Delhi and Mumbai this calendar year with non-stop flights. San Francisco and Chicago are likely to join the network with direct flights from India in 2008.

London, Paris, Frankfurt and Birmingham would continue to be important transit points for Air India in Europe even as it flies into newer airports in the continent. In Asia, Shanghai and Beijing would be key destinations for Air India to connect with higher frequencies in the coming months.

Sources in advertising circles said the multimedia campaign would involve print, television, internet and outdoor media. Interestingly, this move from Air India comes at a time when rivals, Jet Airways and Kingfisher (minus Air Deccan), have ramped up their advertising budgets for the year and are expected to have earmarked spends of around Rs 170 crore between themselves in 2007.

Mr Thulasidas said the focus would be to communicate the premium value of the product and the experience of flying Air India. Air India has empanelled a group of advertising agencies to work on the campaign. Commenting on his priority as head of merged entity, Mr Thulasidas said the airline would work on the IPO — slated for 2008 — only after completing the merger process. “My priority is not the public issue but work out smooth merger of operations of both the airlines,” he said.

karatecatman · Guest

AI Express to turn value carrier

P R Sanjai / Mumbai June 08, 2007

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu1&subLeft=1&autono=287059&tab=r

karatecatman · Guest

Latest news:

Air India is to start repainting its aircraft --- A310-300, 2 B747-300, B747-400 and 4 B777-200 in the new paint scheme.
The job is to be done at Mumbai will start from July 2007. As the work is to be completed in quick time, there can be as many as four parties doing the work alongwith Air India.
AI will supply all the equipment.

The painting is to cover all or some of the 17 A310s and includes the A310 cargo.

The paints to be used are:
Red, base white, metallica/mica white, clear, gray and blue.

himmat01 · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1392 Location: DEL

What about the IC aircrafts? IC had been very slow in painting it's aircraft in the new livery.
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HAWK21M · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject:

Thats good.Soon We'll view the new scheme.What about controlled Atmosphere.
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abn · Member Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 113

thats great news, do you know how long it will take to paint an A310?
one week? ( my guess..)
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Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

AI 772LR seat map--link to thread

http://airlinersindia.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1620

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karatecatman · Guest

Dubai-bound passengers stranded on runway

Its bad PR like this that will make zero any effort by Air India to rectify the defects in its image.

It had better buck up.
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Travel_and_Tourism/10131179.html