Airliners-India.com Flickr Group & Facebook    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Air India News -- Part 16 Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10  Next          Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Civil Aviation View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Nimish Member Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:05 pm    Post subject: From: http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?storyid=1093315675 Quote: India's national carrier, Air India, recorded a 19.5 per cent surge in sales revenue in the Gulf-India sector over past three months, reflecting a rebound in the region's air travel sector, said Abhay Pathak, regional manager of Air India in the Gulf, the Middle East and Africa region. The Gulf remains the biggest market for Air India, and Dubai and Sharjah are emerging as important hubs ... "Even for Air India, this region is a very important market and combined, we operate over 200 flights per week - 80 flights under IC code and 100 flights as low cost carriers operating to 17 destinations in India," Pathak said. ... _________________ We miss you Nalini! Back to top con spirito Member Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 577 Location: Inflight Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:39 pm    Post subject: Mangalore-Delhi air link from Sunday http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/23/stories/2010032364470100.htm Quote: MANGALORE: Mangalore will have a flight connection to Delhi for the first time beginning Sunday. Air India will start operating a flight from the Mangalore airport to Delhi six days a week, except on Saturdays, Chellam Prasad, Mangalore Station Manager for Air India, told The Hindu. “The flight will be operated through two circular routes via Kozhikode,” she said. Ms. Prasad said that the first route would be Delhi-Mangalore-Kozhikode-Delhi. The second one would be Delhi-Kozhikode-Mangalore-Delhi. The flight will be stationed at Delhi. The flight will change its route on alternate days. If it operates on the Delhi-Mangalore-Kozhikode-Delhi route on Sunday, on Monday it will be Delhi-Kozhikode-Mangalore -Delhi. “The direct journey between Mangalore and Delhi will take about three hours. However, the proposed route via Kozhikode will take an extra hour,” she said. Detailed flight schedules will be announced in a day or two. She gave the tentative schedules of the Delhi-Mangalore-Kozhikode-Delhi route. It will depart from Delhi at 5.25 a.m. and arrive in Mangalore at 8.10 a.m.; it will leave at 8.40 a.m. and reach Kozhikode at 9.25 a.m. The flight will leave Kozhikode at 9.50 a.m. and reach Delhi at 12.55 p.m. The Bombardier flight will have 72 seats. The advantage for passengers from Mangalore is that they can fly directly between Delhi and Mangalore every day. _________________ India is one of the richest countries in the world. The only problem is........all the wealth is distributed in the wrong hands. Back to top flyjet787 Member Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 282 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:58 pm    Post subject: No stake sale in Air India revival plan: Aviation Min http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/no-stake-saleair-i No stake sale in Air India revival plan: Aviation Min Early this morning, sources had informed CNBC-TV18 that the Aviation Ministry was keen on stake sale in the ailing Air India. However, the decision for a strategic sale in the airline would take time, ministry sources had said. “It is tied to changes in foreign direct investment (FDI) norms.” The Aviation Ministry has however denied any such news saying that there is no stake sale in Air India revival plan, reports CNBC-TV18 quoting NewWire18. The Ministry has further said that the government would infuse another Rs 1,200 crore in the carrier in FY11. “The government is fully committed to Air India revival plan,” the ministry has said, adding that there were no plans to raise 49% foreign direct investor capital in the sector for now. Back to top flyjet787 Member Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 282 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:59 pm    Post subject: Air India to get an expat COO: Sources http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/air-india-to-getexpat-coo-sources_448320.html Air India to get an expat COO: Sources Air India is likely to get an expat chief operating officer (COO), reports CNBC-TV18, quoting Mint. Sources said all five applicants shortlisted by Air India are expats. Applicants will be interviewed on March 27. The prospective COOs are currently employed with various airlines. The applicants are to be screened by a panel headed by the Aviation Secretary. Anand Mahindra, Uday Kotak, and Sajjan Jindal are part of the panel. The COO is to closely oversee Air India's three-year turnaround plan. About 140 top global airline executives had applied for the Air India COO post. Back to top avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:46 am    Post subject: Air India Express to terminate its 3 weekly BOM-NAG-AMD-DXB-AMD-NAG-BOM services. With this change, at NAG airport Air Arabia will remain the only international service ( 3 weekly SHJ - NAG). AMD - DXB will just have EK and a daily G9 to SHJ. Back to top iah87 Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 2566 Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:06 pm    Post subject: avbuff wrote: Air India Express to terminate its 3 weekly BOM-NAG-AMD-DXB-AMD-NAG-BOM services. With this change, at NAG airport Air Arabia will remain the only international service ( 3 weekly SHJ - NAG). AMD - DXB will just have EK and a daily G9 to SHJ. One more milk run service by AIX is ending. Do they never learn that milk run services which were the only option in 80's and early 90's now will not work ? Back to top Nimish Member Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:21 pm    Post subject: iah87 wrote: One more milk run service by AIX is ending. Do they never learn that milk run services which were the only option in 80's and early 90's now will not work ? When the whole route planning team's focus seems to be on making sure that AI employees/ relatives are top on their priority and customer preferences are at the bottom, then why is it a suprise to see AI stick to milk-runs? _________________ We miss you Nalini! Back to top Jaysit Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346 Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:36 pm    Post subject: iah87 wrote: avbuff wrote: Air India Express to terminate its 3 weekly BOM-NAG-AMD-DXB-AMD-NAG-BOM services. With this change, at NAG airport Air Arabia will remain the only international service ( 3 weekly SHJ - NAG). AMD - DXB will just have EK and a daily G9 to SHJ. One more milk run service by AIX is ending. Do they never learn that milk run services which were the only option in 80's and early 90's now will not work ? The BOM-Nagpur leg was really just to position the flight. I don't know if they actually carried pax headed to Dubai from BOM on that route. I suspect most of the traffic - if not all of it - was from NAG and AMD. Back to top con spirito Member Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 577 Location: Inflight Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:30 pm    Post subject: AI may not turn its cargo unit into separate business unit http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/AI-may-not-turn-its-cargo-unit-into-separate-business-unit/articleshow/5727876.cms Quote: MUMBAI: Air India may shelve its plans to hive off its cargo business as a seperate entity and is likely to take a final call on the issue shortly, airline sources said on Friday. The airline management was considering options that instead of setting up an independent subsidiary business unit and creating seperate book of accounts, cargo should remain a unit within the NACIL, the sources said. Besides, there was an entire range of tax issues involved in case NACIL decided to convert its cargo unit into a separate company, the sources said, but added that a final call on the issue was expected to be taken shortly. The state-run airline had earlier announced plans to hive off its cargo business into an independent autonomous unit from April 1 this year to cater to the growing cargo market in the country. Based on the recommendations by consultancy firm Accenture, NACIL had decided to create six Strategic Business Units (SBUs) for its low-cost operation -- AI Express, the cargo airline, MRO for components and airframe, ground handling and related businesses. Air India Cargo currently contributes around 8 per cent to the total revenues of the national carrier. NACIL CMD Arvind Jadhav had in January this year said that the airline had decided to hive off its cargo, engineering and MRO businesses into separate entities. Air India expected to earn Rs 2,000-2,500 crore a year from its engineering business unit and Rs 1,500 crore from its cargo unit, Jadhav had then estimated. Private airline Kingfisher has already ventured into the cargo business by starting a door-to-door cargo operations, while Jet Airways is understood to be negotiating with some overseas players to start a dedicated cargo service. According to industry estimates, the domestic air cargo market is expected to touch Rs 13,300 crore by 2011-12, a growth of 20 per cent _________________ India is one of the richest countries in the world. The only problem is........all the wealth is distributed in the wrong hands. Back to top Spiderguy252 Member Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4259 Location: Indian Ocean Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:43 pm    Post subject: con spirito wrote: AI may not turn its cargo unit into separate business unit Reading from a neutral perspective, these stories just get hilarious. "AI to set up hub in Vienna" "AI shelves plans for hub in Vienna" "AI considering leasing 777s to Thai" "Thai leases 9W 777s" "AI to turn Cargo business to separate operation" "AI may not turn its cargo unit into separate business" "AI to phase out it's 747 fleet" "AI continues flying it's 747s" Yes, no, Yes, no. _________________ Yeah. Back to top sri_bom Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:46 am    Post subject: Spiderguy252 wrote: con spirito wrote: AI may not turn its cargo unit into separate business unit Reading from a neutral perspective, these stories just get hilarious. "AI to set up hub in Vienna" "AI shelves plans for hub in Vienna" "AI considering leasing 777s to Thai" "Thai leases 9W 777s" "AI to turn Cargo business to separate operation" "AI may not turn its cargo unit into separate business" "AI to phase out it's 747 fleet" "AI continues flying it's 747s" Yes, no, Yes, no. It's like the Indian head shake - not sure if it is yes or no. http://www.newsweek.com/id/80006 Sri_Bom Back to top sri_bom Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:47 am    Post subject: Indian Civil Aviation Secretary, M Madhavan Nambiar, reportedly interviewed three expatriate candidates for the role of Air India Chief Operating Officer (COO), with an appointment to be made in approximately ten days (The Economic Times, 29-Mar-2010/Press Trust of India, 27-Mar-2010). The candidates reportedly include: •Gustav Baldauf, Executive VP Flight Operations Austrian Airlines; •Brock Friesen, current COO Air Malta; •George Reelede, Managing Director Rapidair Sri_Bom Back to top flyjet787 Member Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 282 Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:32 pm    Post subject: AI's aircraft-to-employee ratio not ‘very high' http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/03/29/stories/2010032950410500.htm Quote: AI's aircraft-to-employee ratio not ‘very high' Ashwini Phadnis The aircraft-to-employee ratio in Air India (AI) is comparable to any world class airline, the state-owned airline has told a Parliamentary Committee. Pointing out that there is no international benchmarking for an ideal aircraft-to-employee ratio, the airline informed the Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings that the employee-to-aircraft ratio on May 31 last year was 214. The Committee was informed that British Airways had an aircraft-to-employee ratio of 178, Air Lanka of 434, Air France of 245, Egypt of 568, Pakistan International Airlines of 380, KLM of 220, Thai Airways of 321, Singapore of 161, Malaysian Airlines of 230 and Virgin Atlantic of 282. The airline told the Committee that the aircraft-to-employee ratio varied from airline to airline depending on the nature of functions performed in-house. Further, most of the international airlines have outsourced a majority of their functions which are still being performed in-house by Air India. “Concluding therefore, that the aircraft/employee ratio of National Aviation Company of India (NACIL) is extremely high may not be correct as foreign airlines invariably do not perform functions such as aircraft major maintenance activities, ground handling activities, vigilance, transport, medical, civil engineering, ministry references/parliament questions, among others, nor do they maintain departments such as Rajbhasha, internal audits,” the airline told the Committee. Reasons for losses The Parliamentary panel had also inquired about the reasons for Air India's losses and was told that NACIL's losses were mainly due to decline in the passenger load factor because of competition both on domestic and international sectors and a decline in projected yield due to large scale expansion of capacity by the low-cost carriers. The increase in the cost of aviation turbine fuel also played a role in the losses. Besides, an increase in financing costs due to aircraft acquisition and increase in working capital as also an increase in depreciation expenditure and aircraft maintenance costs all hurt the airline (Table 1). Explanation NACIL was also asked to explain as to why it suffered a loss during 2008 and 2009 when its fleet size and load factors had increased. The airline explained that there was a mismatch in the age of the aircraft with 73 of the 119 aircraft being over 15 years of age, while there were 37 aircraft which were below five years of age at the end of March 31, 2009. The remaining nine aircraft in the fleet were between five and 15 years of age, the Committee was informed. “The delivery of the new aircraft did result in improved performance of NACIL, on account of schedule integrity. However, primarily due to the fact that the new deliveries coincided with the global recession and huge rise in fuel prices, losses were suffered not only by NACIL but the entire aviation industry in India and globally,” NACIL told the Committee. Load factors, yields Further, NACIL said that most routes made cash losses due to fall in revenues because of low load factors and drop in yields, while costs increased due to a rapid increase in fuel prices and due to spiralling infrastructure expenditure. Financing costs also began to increase as interest rates began to rise and the new fleet resulted in increased depreciation charges. The airline pointed out that in 2009 while the load factors showed a small increase, the yields dropped significantly due to increased competition, especially from low cost carriers and excess capacity in the market. The Parliamentary Committee was also informed of the turnaround plan which the airline is undertaking which involves achieving a cost reduction of Rs 1,500 crore by not only going in for rationalisation of loss-making routes on both domestic and international sectors, but also the rationalisation of meal uplifts at all stations, apart from reducing contractual employment and outsourcing of work. The airline is also looking at some relief and concession from the Government, including a one-time equity support of Rs 10,000 crore for repayment of aircraft principal and Rs 10,000 crore interest-free, 10-year loan with a five-year moratorium to support working capital reduction. Since the deposition made to the Committee late last year and the report being laid in Parliament earlier this month, the Government has provided Rs 800 crore to Air India and another Rs 1,200 crore is expected soon. Back to top iah87 Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 2566 Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:00 am    Post subject: AI's loss per employee ratio is one of the highest in the world. It stands at about Rs. 18 lakhs per employee per year (based on Rs. 5500 crores loss last year and 31,000 employees) and is projected to lose nearly that much this year also. Back to top Nimish Member Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:59 am    Post subject: Re: AI's aircraft-to-employee ratio not ‘very high' flyjet787 wrote: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/03/29/stories/2010032950410500.htm Quote: AI's aircraft-to-employee ratio not ‘very high' Ashwini Phadnis The aircraft-to-employee ratio in Air India (AI) is comparable to any world class airline, the state-owned airline has told a Parliamentary Committee. Trust AI to put a spin around it's biggest weakness - it's huge work force - parts of which are gems, but the bulk of which seems to be more interested in politics and netagiri rather than customer service. Well - no harm in AI trying, if the govt is willing to foot the bills, then why not? _________________ We miss you Nalini! Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11351 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:32 pm    Post subject: Two new Airbus A320s have joined the Air India fleet today as VT-EDE and VT-EDF. _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top con spirito Member Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 577 Location: Inflight Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:26 pm    Post subject: AI to give pick, drop to first and biz class flyers http://beta.profit.ndtv.com/news/show/ai-to-give-pick-drop-to-first-and-biz-class-flyers-33469 Quote: In a bid to attract more flyers in its higher class, cash-strapped Air India has decided to provide pick and drop facility to those travelling in the airline's west-bound flights in first and business class. The pick and drop facility would be provided to those who are travelling in Air India's First and Business class to the US, Canada and Europe with normal fare ticket, an airline spokesperson said. The service would be available within the radius of 60 kilometres from the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Calicut, Cochin and Hyderabad in India. And from New York, Washington, Chicago in the US, Toronto in Canada, London, Paris and Frankfurt in the Europe, he added. The first class traveller would be provided limousine while a business class traveller would be given an air- conditioned car for pick-up and drop at the originating and destination cities, the spokesperson said. The national carrier, in 2008, had started this service and it was a success but was later withdrawn. It has now started the service again which would be valid till March next year. A return first class ticket for the US and Europe costs around Rs 4.5 lakh while business class around Rs 1.5 lakh. Free car travel to corrupt babus as well, since now they will be flying first class. _________________ India is one of the richest countries in the world. The only problem is........all the wealth is distributed in the wrong hands. Back to top CHS Member Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 311 Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:15 pm    Post subject: con spirito wrote: The national carrier, in 2008, had started this service and it was a success but was later withdrawn Don't they know what they're talking about? I know that this service has continued to be offered at JFK all through this time; I don't know about the other airports though. Back to top Jaysit Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346 Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:25 pm    Post subject: CHS wrote: con spirito wrote: The national carrier, in 2008, had started this service and it was a success but was later withdrawn Don't they know what they're talking about? I know that this service has continued to be offered at JFK all through this time; I don't know about the other airports though. Generally, these services are only offered if you're flying on a full-fare, no strings, unrestricted First or J Class ticket. Back to top behramjee Member Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 295 Location: Toronto, Canada Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:59 pm    Post subject: Quote: Generally, these services are only offered if you're flying on a full-fare, no strings, unrestricted First or J Class ticket. No...its applicable to ALL fare types of F and J class travel even if its a discounted ticket with many restrictions. The only thing that its not applicable to is for those passengers holding economy class tickets that qualify for a business class upgrade _________________ My website is: http://airline-news.blogspot.com Back to top sammyk Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 2719 Location: Austin, TX Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:07 pm    Post subject: ^^ That's correct. My dad has been using this pick up service to JFK for years now. Back to top Spiderguy252 Member Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4259 Location: Indian Ocean Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:14 am    Post subject: This one hasn't been posted has it? _________________ Yeah. Back to top Jaysit Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346 Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:06 am    Post subject: behramjee wrote: Quote: Generally, these services are only offered if you're flying on a full-fare, no strings, unrestricted First or J Class ticket. No...its applicable to ALL fare types of F and J class travel even if its a discounted ticket with many restrictions. The only thing that its not applicable to is for those passengers holding economy class tickets that qualify for a business class upgrade Really? And all these years, I've been taking cabs and waking up my parent's driver at ungodly hours to get me to the airport. Good to know. Thanks!. Back to top yash777 Member Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 901 Location: Chicago, IL Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:39 am    Post subject: Spiderguy252 wrote: This one hasn't been posted has it? Hell yes! _________________ Jetphotos Flickr gallery Back to top avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:31 pm    Post subject: AIX ceases KWI - TRV services. AIX will now have a total of 5 weekly flights to KWI. 3 IXE - KWI and 2 COK - KWI and all of these originating and terminating in CCJ. Back to top Spiderguy252 Member Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4259 Location: Indian Ocean Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:36 pm    Post subject: avbuff wrote: AIX ceases KWI - TRV services. AIX will now have a total of 5 weekly flights to KWI. 3 IXE - KWI and 2 COK - KWI and all of these originating and terminating in CCJ. So that makes KU the sole operator on the KWI-TRV route. KU flies the sector 4 weekly. _________________ Yeah. Back to top Illiana Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 57 Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:47 am    Post subject: AIR INDIA NEW COO SELECTED>Captain Gustav Baldauf Expat Chief Operating Officer for Air India Timeframe for turnaround plan; monitoring panels set up. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/04/07/stories/2010040753400100.htm Captain Baldauf Our Bureau Mumbai, April 6 Air India has appointed Captain Gustav Baldauf as its first Chief Operating Officer, the national carrier said, after its first board meeting with the four newly appointed independent directors. The board also outlined a timeframe for the submission of AI's turnaround plan, to be monitored by four separate committees, headed by these directors. The new COO, Captain Baldauf, is at present Executive Vice-President (Flight Operations), Austrian Airlines. Earlier, he was Jet Airways' Vice-President (Flight Operations). The AI board has also directed the management to submit a “comprehensive turnaround plan within 30 days with milestones that it (board) will review,” the Chairman and Managing Director, Nacil (National Aviation Company of India Ltd), Mr Arvind Jadhav, told newspersons on Tuesday. Specific committees were also set up to monitor the progress on the turnaround plan in the areas such as audit, finance, strategy and human resource, Mr Jadhav added. The committees will be headed by the independent directors appointed in March. The directors include Mr Anand Mahindra, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra Group; Mr Harsh Neotia, Chairman, Ambuja Realty; Air Chief Marshal Fali H. Major, a former chief of the Indian Air Force; and Dr Amit Mitra, Secretary-General, FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry). The audit and finance committees will be steered by Mr Mahindra and Mr Neotia and the strategy committee will involve all the four independent directors. Dr Mitra and Mr Fali Major would head the HR committee, said Mr Jadhav. While he did not give details of the turnaround plan, Mr Jadhav said it would be prepared by the CMD and the COO and presented to the board, and internally shared with the employees. The board also approved the airline's Passenger Service System (PSS) contract with SITA, the global air transport communication and IT solutions provider, for integrating flight codes of Air India and erstwhile Indian Airlines . Back to top The_Goat Member Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 3260 Location: South of France Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:48 am    Post subject: Well, one look at the thuggish unions, interfering politicians and bureaucrats and the general miasma surrounding AI, and Captain Baldauf will catch the first Austrian Airlines flight back to Vienna - after handing in his resignation , of course _________________ I don't know which is the more pampered bunch : AI's widebodies (the aunties) or Jet's widebodies (the planes). -Jasepl Back to top Spiderguy252 Member Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4259 Location: Indian Ocean Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:20 pm    Post subject: He'll be in the same situation as the current Indian hockey or football coaches. Helpless yet determined. The latter at least initially. _________________ Yeah. Back to top vikramv2 Member Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 435 Location: Powai,Mumbai Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:06 pm    Post subject: I agree...COO or any CXO for that matter will have his/her hands completely tied...This wont do AI anay good. Maybe operationally they can improve...Thats a big maybe in itself _________________ http://airliners1.com Visit my photostream @flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/26842543@N07/ Back to top Jaysit Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346 Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:24 pm    Post subject: If this Austrian can't fire useless employees, and stop the babu-neta-peon consortium from robbing the airline dry, you may as well just hire a piece of expensive sacher torte and put it in a khursee at Nariman Point. Back to top con spirito Member Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 577 Location: Inflight Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:47 pm    Post subject: Wow!! The firangi will get a nice view on how things in Air India work. _________________ India is one of the richest countries in the world. The only problem is........all the wealth is distributed in the wrong hands. Back to top rutvij Member Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1390 Location: Skies of Fire! Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:14 am    Post subject: Cadet pilots have been given the Green Signal! Prolly a Board Meeting decision. Back to top sunny84 Member Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 157 Location: Gurgaon Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:52 am    Post subject: Stop taking trainee pilots or face legal action: ICPA tells New Delhi: Air India pilots have warned of legal action if the management does not stop the process of recruiting trainee pilots, saying the existing cockpit crew could be used as they were "underutilised". "We fail to understand the reason" for recruitment of trainee pilots because the average flying hours of the existing crew had dropped from 90 to 60 hours per month and, in some bases, to even 40 hours, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said in a letter to Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav. As per the Memorandum of Settlement arrived at between the management and the ICPA in 2006, the pilots had agreed to fly up to 90 hours per month and 240 hours each quarter, the letter written by ICPA General Secretary S Sabu on Wednesday said. Maintaining that the flying hours had fallen to an average of 60 or even 40 hours, it said, "this clearly proves that we are underutilised". The major reason for the pilots being underutilised was the reduction in flights and capacity being undertaken by Air India and other carriers as part of cost-cutting measures. "In this context, it would be prudent to redeploy pilots to various fleet, depending on requirement, rather than induct fresh trainee pilots which will result in additional financial expenditure in the near future as they too will have to be paid their wages and allowances," Sabu said. 02/04/10 PTI/Economic Times _________________ “Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.” – Mark Twain Back to top vt-ala Member Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 440 Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:30 pm    Post subject: Now what planes are these? Part of the existing order? http://www.ptinews.com/news/599631_AI-seeks-USD-475-mn-loan-to-buy-3-Boeings AI seeks USD 475 mn loan to buy 3 Boeings STAFF WRITER 18:21 HRS IST New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Moving ahead with its fleet expansion plan, cash-strapped Air India has sought a long-term loan of USD 475 million from banks and financial institutions to acquire three long-haul Boeing-777s. A day after its Board met in Mumbai with four new Directors, National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL), which runs the national carrier, invited offers from Indian and foreign banks and financial institutions asking them to submit their bids by May 10, airline sources said. NACIL had previously tied up with the institutions for financing a 50-aircraft acquisition project of which the national carrier has so far taken delivery of 17 new planes in three tranches of seven, three and seven, they said. The entire project comprises purchase of eight Boeing 777-200 (Long Range), 15 B 777-300 (Extended Range) and 27 B- 787 Dreamliner aircraft fitted with GE engines.[/b] Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11351 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:20 pm    Post subject: vt-ala wrote: Now what planes are these? Part of the existing order? The six 77Ws on order, yet to be delivered (VT-ALS through VT-ALX). _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top flyjet787 Member Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 282 Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:21 pm    Post subject: @rutvij rutvij wrote: Cadet pilots have been given the Green Signal! Prolly a Board Meeting decision. When is the joining date? Do you know what fleet they are going to be put on? Back to top rutvij Member Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1390 Location: Skies of Fire! Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:51 pm    Post subject: Re: @rutvij flyjet787 wrote: rutvij wrote: Cadet pilots have been given the Green Signal! Prolly a Board Meeting decision. When is the joining date? Do you know what fleet they are going to be put on? 27th Apr. No idea. 737s i guess. Calling iflytb20 . Back to top sri_bom Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:49 am    Post subject: Air India reportedly plans to award an annual salary of USD677,736 to new Chief Operating Officer, Gustav Baldauf (economictimes.indiatimes.com, 08-Apr-2010). Baldauf is currently the Executive VP Flight Operations with Austrian Airlines. Back to top iflytb20 Member Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 1079 Location: Next to the Airport Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:18 pm    Post subject: Re: @rutvij rutvij wrote: flyjet787 wrote: rutvij wrote: Cadet pilots have been given the Green Signal! Prolly a Board Meeting decision. When is the joining date? Do you know what fleet they are going to be put on? 27th Apr. No idea. 737s i guess. Calling iflytb20 . That depends on the shortage at the time of joining. Usually they would either be joining as a SO on the T7s or as a FO on the 737s. The last 2 batches were split 50-50 from what i heard. 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