Airliners-India Flickr Group & Facebook    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Air India News -- Part 33 Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10  Next          Airliners-India Forum Index -> Civil Aviation View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message sumantra Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:07 pm    Post subject: Jaysit wrote: They should focus on providing feed from markets outside DEL and BOM to AC's Canada nonstops. Isn't that what Star Alliance is all about? Perhaps yes. I can only speculate on the reasons. One is that the spares issue was quite serious, as the Government delay in releasing funds are considerable, and this hampered operations. This is only temporary. The other reason: are we sure that the fault is at the AI end, and not AC's? Yes, perhaps. AI's code-shares with AC have been quite extensive, but they are all via LHR/HKG and even NRT, with the `major' leg being on AI metal. However, one cannot really be that sure. UA continues to avoid AI code-shares, and from what I hear from the inside, their snootiness towards AI over the years has been a moot point. Both UA and AI would gain from respective code-shares. Cheers, Sumantra. Back to top Jaysit Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346 Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:01 pm    Post subject: sumantra wrote: Jaysit wrote: They should focus on providing feed from markets outside DEL and BOM to AC's Canada nonstops. Isn't that what Star Alliance is all about? Perhaps yes. I can only speculate on the reasons. One is that the spares issue was quite serious, as the Government delay in releasing funds are considerable, and this hampered operations. This is only temporary. The other reason: are we sure that the fault is at the AI end, and not AC's? Yes, perhaps. AI's code-shares with AC have been quite extensive, but they are all via LHR/HKG and even NRT, with the `major' leg being on AI metal. However, one cannot really be that sure. UA continues to avoid AI code-shares, and from what I hear from the inside, their snootiness towards AI over the years has been a moot point. Both UA and AI would gain from respective code-shares. Cheers, Sumantra. So what's the point of being in Star Alliance if they don't code share or interline? Back to top sumantra Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:06 pm    Post subject: Jaysit wrote: So what's the point of being in Star Alliance if they don't code share or interline? One gets *A points, nevertheless AI's code-shares are increasing by the day, which is nice. And that is bringing a good amount of revenue to the beleaguered airline. For the record, UA and AI have always inter-lined, even in AI's darkest days. I have travelled on these inter-lines. Cheers, Sumantra. Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11129 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:45 pm    Post subject: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/air-india-utilising-just-21-of-27-dreamliners-for-daily-ops/articleshow/65772806.cms Air India utilising just 21 of 27 Dreamliners for daily ops Sep 11, 2018 Air India is underutilising its flagship Boeing Dreamliner fleet due to flight crew shortage as well as technical issues with only 21 planes being deployed for operations every day, an airline source said. Air India has 27 Boeing 787-800 (Dreamliner) aircraft in its fleet at present. The 256-seater Boeing 787 is majorly used for carrying out airline's European operations besides catering its services to Singapore, Japan, Australia, China, Thailand, Israel, South Korea and Dubai. Besides, some of the flights on key domestic trunk routes like Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Chennai and Delhi-Kolkata are also operated by the Dreamliner. "Of the 27 planes, three are on the ground due to want of spares, while three are being used on a rotational basis. So effectively, only 21 aircraft are in service on any given day," the source said, alleging that the under utilisation was due to a scarcity of commanders. When contacted, an Air India official said that only three aircraft were on the ground, while the rest 24 planes are servicing the various international and domestic routes. Airline's Airbus fleet pilots body, ICPA, had last month alleged that as many as 19 aircraft, including nine Airbus A321s, were not in service due to non-availability of spares and that it was resulting in a significant loss of revenue to the carrier besides flight cancellations. "Almost 23 per cent of the Air India fleet is grounded for lack of spares. To put this into perspective, aircraft worth approximately USD 3.6 billion or approximately Rs 25,000 crore (at today's list price) are lying idle in the hangars," the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) had alleged in a letter to airline chairman and managing director Pradeep Singh Kharola. Air India had, however, termed the grounding of planes for maintenance a common practice. _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11129 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:55 pm    Post subject: Incident: Air India B773 at New York on Sep 11th 2018, multiple instruments including localizer receivers lost Sep 11th 2018 An Air India Boeing 777-300, registration VT-ALQ performing flight AI-101 from Delhi (India) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 370 people on board, was on final approach to JFK's runway 04R descending through about 300 feet AGL in reduced visibility (RVR reported at 3500 feet) when the crew initiated a go around reporting an unstable approach. The aircraft climbed to 2000 feet, back on approach frequency the crew advised they had lost multiple instruments on final approach including localizer, radio altimeters, two altimeters (with only one altimeter remaining), TCAS etc., they requested a longer final while being vectored for another ILS approach to runway 04R. After working the checklists the crew advised they could not perform an ILS approach and inquired for weather information of airports around the New York area permitting a non-precision approach, due to the ceiling at New York they weren't able to approach to JFK, ATC inquired whether they had autoland available which the crew stated they had lost auto-land too due to the multiple system failure. They needed an airport with a cloud ceiling of 600+ feet permitting a non-precision approach, their primary planned alternate had been Newark,NJ and their secondary alternate Stewart,NY. ATC reported the next airport available with 600+ feet ceiling was Albany,NY, the crew asked to also check Boston,MA advising they were getting low on fuel and needed to decide quickly. ATC suggested Bradley,CT would be the best option with 500 feet overcast with a forecast slight improvement. The crew queried the current ceiling at JFK considering a quick LNAV/VNAV approach into JFK might be an option. ATC advised Newark had just released a new METAR indicating 400 feet overcast ceiling, better than before, the crew decided to divert to Newark. The aircraft climbed to 5000 feet and diverted to Newark, the crew advised they would need to perform a LNAV/VNAV approach to Newark's runway, again stating they were unable to fly an ILS due to the instrument failures. ATC advised they would get cleared for an ILS approach runway 04R at Newark, however, the crew would then fly the VNAV procedure. The crew agreed and reported they had 7200 kg of fuel remaining at that point, when JFK approach inquired again whether at least one LOC receiver was available, the crew stated both localizer receivers were failed and unpredictable, they needed to do an LNAV/VNAV approach. On hand off to Newark Tower tower advised emergency equipment was standing by for the arrival. On final approach tower advised they were getting low on the approach and advised altimeter was 30.12. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Newark's runway 04R about 90 seconds after the low altitude alert and about 38 minutes after the go around at JFK. The crew advised no further assistance was needed. Source: Aviationherald.com _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top ryder1650 Member Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Posts: 554 Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:40 am    Post subject: Without more details, nice job by the crew for getting down safely. Back to top PlaneLover Member Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:09 am    Post subject: ryder1650 wrote: Without more details, nice job by the crew for getting down safely. I agree. Cockpit crew needs to be complimented for a fine job. But how does a failure like this happen in the first place? Is anyone engaged in sabotage activities? Are parked AI airplanes monitored by Airport security in Indian airports and airports in other countries where they fly to? Who pays for all expenses relating to landing in a different airport? Were the passengers taken to JFK by bus? Back to top 5Patel Member Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 117 Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:44 am    Post subject: PlaneLover wrote: ryder1650 wrote: Without more details, nice job by the crew for getting down safely. I agree. Cockpit crew needs to be complimented for a fine job. But how does a failure like this happen in the first place? Is anyone engaged in sabotage activities? Are parked AI airplanes monitored by Airport security in Indian airports and airports in other countries where they fly to? Who pays for all expenses relating to landing in a different airport? Were the passengers taken to JFK by bus? Nice job indeed by the crew. If the equipment were lost during flight, sabotage by someone on ground can be ruled out. A case of bad maintenance maybe. Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11129 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:08 pm    Post subject: The public sector carrier has got four engines to power the grounded aircraft and expects to put all its planes in operation in two-and-a-half months. The grounded aircraft include A320s and B787 Dreamliners. With these planes joining back the fleet the airline is planning to put part of its additional capacity on international routes to Europe and the US. It is studying the demand trends before deciding to mount additional frequency. Talking about performance of some its key international flights, the official said that the newly-introduced flight to Tel Aviv was doing well. "Our flights to Milan and Rome are currently doing average. The occupancy on these flights could be improved further. The flight to Copenhagen has completed one year and we are analysing its performance. We are doing our best to increase aircraft utilisation and plan to add some flights to Europe. London is definitely an option for increasing frequency," he said. http://www.asianage.com/business/companies/130918/air-india-to-sell-land-flats-worth-rs-300-crore.html _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top Caliguy Member Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 723 Location: Los Angeles Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:36 pm    Post subject: 747-237 wrote: The public sector carrier has got four engines to power the grounded aircraft and expects to put all its planes in operation in two-and-a-half months. The grounded aircraft include A320s and B787 Dreamliners. With these planes joining back the fleet the airline is planning to put part of its additional capacity on international routes to Europe and the US. It is studying the demand trends before deciding to mount additional frequency. Talking about performance of some its key international flights, the official said that the newly-introduced flight to Tel Aviv was doing well. "Our flights to Milan and Rome are currently doing average. The occupancy on these flights could be improved further. The flight to Copenhagen has completed one year and we are analysing its performance. We are doing our best to increase aircraft utilisation and plan to add some flights to Europe. London is definitely an option for increasing frequency," he said. http://www.asianage.com/business/companies/130918/air-india-to-sell-land-flats-worth-rs-300-crore.html While I am all for aircraft utilization going up, the above makes it seem like AI is just adding flights to "use" aircraft rather than make money. Seems like they should move some wide bodies to domestic or the gulf. Back to top iah87 Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 2563 Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:47 pm    Post subject: Caliguy wrote: 747-237 wrote: With these planes joining back the fleet the airline is planning to put part of its additional capacity on international routes to Europe and the US. "Our flights to Milan and Rome are currently doing average. The occupancy on these flights could be improved further. The flight to Copenhagen has completed one year and we are analysing its performance. We are doing our best to increase aircraft utilisation and plan to add some flights to Europe. London is definitely an option for increasing frequency," he said. http://www.asianage.com/business/companies/130918/air-india-to-sell-land-flats-worth-rs-300-crore.html While I am all for aircraft utilization going up, the above makes it seem like AI is just adding flights to "use" aircraft rather than make money. Seems like they should move some wide bodies to domestic or the gulf. If the flights to Italy are only doing average, which means in AI terminology break even, then with the new additional arilines on India-Italy market, the long term outlook looks cloudy for all airlines in the market. They should have introduced more flights to the gulf, recently Indigo has started flights to several gulf destinations. Back to top Jaysit Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346 Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:44 pm    Post subject: iah87 wrote: Caliguy wrote: 747-237 wrote: With these planes joining back the fleet the airline is planning to put part of its additional capacity on international routes to Europe and the US. "Our flights to Milan and Rome are currently doing average. The occupancy on these flights could be improved further. The flight to Copenhagen has completed one year and we are analysing its performance. We are doing our best to increase aircraft utilisation and plan to add some flights to Europe. London is definitely an option for increasing frequency," he said. http://www.asianage.com/business/companies/130918/air-india-to-sell-land-flats-worth-rs-300-crore.html While I am all for aircraft utilization going up, the above makes it seem like AI is just adding flights to "use" aircraft rather than make money. Seems like they should move some wide bodies to domestic or the gulf. If the flights to Italy are only doing average, which means in AI terminology break even, then with the new additional arilines on India-Italy market, the long term outlook looks cloudy for all airlines in the market. They should have introduced more flights to the gulf, recently Indigo has started flights to several gulf destinations. The Air Italy flights are aimed at more than just the India-Italy market, or in other words they're a way for QR to break away from the India-Qatar bilatarals and get more pax to the US and Europe. Back to top sumantra Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:00 pm    Post subject: Jaysit wrote: The Air Italy flights are aimed at more than just the India-Italy market, or in other words they're a way for QR to break away from the India-Qatar bilatarals and get more pax to the US and Europe. Well said, Sanjay. Indeed, it will benefit QR. AI may not do too badly here in the India-Itlay O&D, since they have a better aircraft for medium haul (the B788) , and the DEL hub is a reasonably well-oiled machine right now. Caliguy and iah87: On AI's `expansion', the planners are doing a reasonable job. Increasing capacity in the Gulf may not be in AI's favour right now. Shorter lower-yield flights on tighter LCCs eat into AI's numbers. Domestically, with Government's money for spare parts coming in, the narrow-bodies are filling in for the capacity needed. The domestic capacity dumping may not be needed right now, with the barrel prices the way they are. Cheers, Sumantra. Back to top Jaysit Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346 Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:27 pm    Post subject: If anywhere between 3-6 expensive AC like the 788 are sitting on the ground hatching eggs at any time, it doesn't bode well for the airline. Daily they need 4 for their UK terminator flights, 1 for the AMD-LHR-EWR flight, 5 for their EU operations. That's just 10. Then 2 for their Oz flights, 1 each for PVG and NRT, 2 for their HKG-KIX/SEL ops. 1 for DEL-BKK and BOM-BKK, 2 for their SIN ops, and 1 for DEL-DXB and other domestic ops. That's 10. That's 20 AC. Let's say you have 2 for rotational spares and what have you (no well oiled operation would have AC just sitting around in the hangars). So, you have at least 5 doing nothing. Back to top sumantra Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:31 pm    Post subject: Jaysit wrote: If anywhere between 3-6 expensive AC like the 788 are sitting on the ground hatching eggs at any time, it doesn't bode well for the airline. It doesn't, indeed. There is little AI can do if the Government does not release money for spares well in time. The request had been put quite proactively, but there was a long-standing hiatus on this, which brought matters to a standstill when the ICPA flagged the issue of NBs and B788s sitting idle for want of spares. Cheers, Sumantra. Back to top Jaysit Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346 Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:23 pm    Post subject: sumantra wrote: Jaysit wrote: If anywhere between 3-6 expensive AC like the 788 are sitting on the ground hatching eggs at any time, it doesn't bode well for the airline. It doesn't, indeed. There is little AI can do if the Government does not release money for spares well in time. The request had been put quite proactively, but there was a long-standing hiatus on this, which brought matters to a standstill when the ICPA flagged the issue of NBs and B788s sitting idle for want of spares. Cheers, Sumantra. There's always an excuse for this bunch. The MoCA need to approve technical spares for AC? WTF? Back to top sumantra Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:27 pm    Post subject: Jaysit wrote: There's always an excuse for this bunch. The MoCA need to approve technical spares for AC? WTF? Well, there is not much which can be done if a few Babus sit on the files, not doing much. AI has some some good days starting under Team Nandan, and then perhaps the best of late, with Team Lohani. We can only hope that Team Kharola keeps the good work on the earlier team, and does some good, imaginative work. Governments should not run airlines, and if they do, it takes some really good people at all level to make it competitive. Cheers, Sumantra. Back to top binaiks Member Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 162 Location: VOBL/VOCI Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 10:11 am    Post subject: Jaysit wrote: There's always an excuse for this bunch. The MoCA need to approve technical spares for AC? WTF? AI runs on government money - it doesn't generate much on itself. _________________ Regards, Binai Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11129 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 5:50 am    Post subject: Air India Express has added a new 737-800 to the fleet today, as VT-GHK. _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top The_Goat Member Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 3260 Location: South of France Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:49 pm    Post subject: Jaysit wrote: There's always an excuse for this bunch. The MoCA need to approve technical spares for AC? WTF? Yes absolutely! Don't you realize how important it is for the babus to get their 10% from the spares suppliers? Do you know how much the babus have invested to get their jobs? Arre, they even had to sell their gaai-bhains and do bigha zameen in Begusarai to generate enough money to bribe their local MP for a sifarish! Ab vasool bhi to karna hai na! _________________ 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 Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:53 pm    Post subject: The_Goat wrote: Do you know how much the babus have invested to get their jobs? Arre, they even had to sell their gaai-bhains and do bigha zameen in Begusarai to generate enough money to bribe their local MP for a sifarish! Ab vasool bhi to karna hai na! love it! VT-ASJ _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:10 am    Post subject: ryder1650 wrote: Without more details, nice job by the crew for getting down safely. https://goo.gl/vhwUDj here would be the detailed report... didn't go into the details but it seems they managed with visual approach at an airport where clouds were sufficiently high to allow that. VT-ASJ _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top yashkhullar Member Joined: 20 Nov 2014 Posts: 44 Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:28 pm    Post subject: https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/air-india-cites-non-viability-for-discontinuation-of-chandigarh-bangkok-flight-data-reveals-otherwise/story-36ubKRKhvhw8kxnkiCuEyM.html "The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked Air India to file an affidavit stating why it was discontinuing its flight between Chandigarh and Bangkok. During the resumed hearing on a public interest litigation (PIL), the counsels pointed out that Air India had announced the decision even without taking court into confidence as promised earlier. The high court (HC) asked Air India to apprise it of its plan to connect Chandigarh to another destination — Singapore. The response is sought by September 25." Is there any law that makes Air India answerable to courts on route planning? I understand AI is govt owned and there ll be political interference but this goes beyond that. Back to top Caliguy Member Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 723 Location: Los Angeles Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:09 pm    Post subject: yashkhullar wrote: https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/air-india-cites-non-viability-for-discontinuation-of-chandigarh-bangkok-flight-data-reveals-otherwise/story-36ubKRKhvhw8kxnkiCuEyM.html "The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked Air India to file an affidavit stating why it was discontinuing its flight between Chandigarh and Bangkok. During the resumed hearing on a public interest litigation (PIL), the counsels pointed out that Air India had announced the decision even without taking court into confidence as promised earlier. The high court (HC) asked Air India to apprise it of its plan to connect Chandigarh to another destination — Singapore. The response is sought by September 25." Is there any law that makes Air India answerable to courts on route planning? I understand AI is govt owned and there ll be political interference but this goes beyond that. This is totally crazy. What is going on with Indian courts? I get that people will do what ever, but why would a judge allow this? Am I missing something? Back to top harshwcam3 Member Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Posts: 114 Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:23 pm    Post subject: yashkhullar wrote: https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/air-india-cites-non-viability-for-discontinuation-of-chandigarh-bangkok-flight-data-reveals-otherwise/story-36ubKRKhvhw8kxnkiCuEyM.html "The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked Air India to file an affidavit stating why it was discontinuing its flight between Chandigarh and Bangkok. Judges are angry because they're denied direct access to the BKK 'assets'. Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11129 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:42 am    Post subject: Air India is weighing adding a Tel Aviv-Mumbai fight to its schedule. Air India would initially charge $250 each way on the Tel Aviv-Mumbai route and was weighing boosting the number of flights on its Tel Aviv-Delhi run to five a week. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-new-israel-china-route-launched-as-air-india-mulls-expanding-tel-aviv-service-1.6511462 _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:05 pm    Post subject: is that $250 a surcharge or ticket price?? VT-ASJ _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:13 am    Post subject: Air India Express | VT-GHK | Boeing 737-800 | YYZ | CYYZ by Trevor Carl, on Flickr seems to be delivery flight... surprisingly they are still manufacturing non-MAX version VT-ASJ _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11129 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 4:25 pm    Post subject: Air India revises Birmingham frequency from late-Oct 2018 Air India in recent weeks modified planned service to Birmingham, effective 21OCT18. Existing 4 weekly Amritsar – Delhi – Birmingham routing, on board Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, will be modified to 3 weekly. Overall service will be revised to 6, instead of 7, following this adjustment. AI113 ATQ1030 – 1135DEL1305 – 1800BHX 788 137 AI114 BHX2130 – 1030+1DEL1200+1 – 1315+1ATQ 788 137 The airline also operates 3 weekly Delhi – Amritsar – Birmingham flights. Source : Airlineroute.net _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top The_Goat Member Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 3260 Location: South of France Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:22 am    Post subject: Aseem wrote: seems to be delivery flight... surprisingly they are still manufacturing non-MAX version VT-ASJ The last 737 NG, a -800 will be delivered to Southwest in October. Thereafter they'll only deliver MAX variants. _________________ 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 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11129 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 5:59 am    Post subject: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/air-india-to-deploy-boeing-747-on-domestic-routes/1330779/ Air India to deploy Boeing 747 on domestic routes September 29, 2018 Air India will deploy its Boeing 747 “Jumbo” aircraft to meet the rising passenger traffic from October 16 to 21. According to Air India, it will operate the 747 aircraft on Delhi-Kolkata-Delhi and Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi routes. The aircraft is equipped with 12 seats in First Class, 26 in Business Class and 385 in Economy Class. _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top ameya Member Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 3671 Location: Pune,Maharashtra Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:06 am    Post subject: Covering up the shortage of narrowbody with 747 during the peak season _________________ www.networkthoughts.com Back to top ameya Member Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 3671 Location: Pune,Maharashtra Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:20 am    Post subject: Is Air India paying INR 25 crore per month to keep aircraft on ground? Indian carriers have long been conservative about International expansion and none have been able to make a dent to competition or make fortunes from International operations. While low cost carriers (LCCs) IndiGo and Spicejet earn less than 15% of their revenue from International operations, Full Service Carrier (FSC) Jet Airways has this number north of 50% consistently. Indian carriers have large number of aircraft on order and fleet is growing rapidly but the widebody fleet has been stagnant for a long time. It is only recently that Jet Airways started utilizing all its wide body aircraft – which have spent majority of the time with other carriers on lease. On this backdrop, it was disheartening to read that Air India has been utilizing only 21 of its 27 B787 Dreamliners for its daily operations. (Economic Times, Business-Standard) I am not one of those who would start jumping about my taxes being wasted the moment somebody utters Air India, but 6 planes un-utilized was worrying. I spent some time analysing the schedule and breaking it into rotations. A one click function for airline software, took about 4 hours for me to fit in multiple flights in multiple rotations on different days of the week. When it was done, the optimization looked solid. 406 weekly flights covering 29 destinations with just 21 operational aircraft on any given day, but requiring 22 to operate due to the turnarounds. This also gives in some space for maintenance, weekly checks and daily inspections. _________________ www.networkthoughts.com Back to top justbala Member Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 1897 Location: Bangalore Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:42 pm    Post subject: Air India Express starting BLR-SIN from 28th Oct (4x weekly) IX 486 BLR 12:45 19:55 SIN (Su/Mo/We/Fr) IX 485 SIN 21:10 23:15 BLR (Su/Mo/We/Fr) Any idea where the a/c is coming from into BLR? In 2 years we now have 25 weekly flights on Indian airlines between BLR and SIN (14x 9W/7x 6E/4x IX) and 21x on Singaporean airlines (7x SQ/7x MI/7x TR). Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11129 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:20 am    Post subject: Air India BOM-JFK starts Nov 2. AI 105 (WED/FRI/SUN) DEP BOM 0200 LT ARR JFK 0710 / 0810 LT - BASED ON DAYLIGHT SAVING AI 106 (WED/FRI/SUN) DEP JFK 1020 / 1120 BASED ON DAYLIGHT SAVING ARR BOM 1125 + 1 _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top binaiks Member Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 162 Location: VOBL/VOCI Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:27 pm    Post subject: justbala wrote: Air India Express starting BLR-SIN from 28th Oct (4x weekly) IX 486 BLR 12:45 19:55 SIN (Su/Mo/We/Fr) IX 485 SIN 21:10 23:15 BLR (Su/Mo/We/Fr) Any idea where the a/c is coming from into BLR? In 2 years we now have 25 weekly flights on Indian airlines between BLR and SIN (14x 9W/7x 6E/4x IX) and 21x on Singaporean airlines (7x SQ/7x MI/7x TR). The Aircraft comes from COK. They don't offer COK-BLR bookings, though. _________________ Regards, Binai Back to top Caliguy Member Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 723 Location: Los Angeles Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:35 pm    Post subject: 747-237 wrote: Air India BOM-JFK starts Nov 2. AI 105 (WED/FRI/SUN) DEP BOM 0200 LT ARR JFK 0710 / 0810 LT - BASED ON DAYLIGHT SAVING AI 106 (WED/FRI/SUN) DEP JFK 1020 / 1120 BASED ON DAYLIGHT SAVING ARR BOM 1125 + 1 Why wouldn't AI start EWR-DEL? This flight doesn't make sense. I guess it was in response to DL's announcement of potentially doing JFK-BOM. I would be sad if DL now did ATL-BOM. Back to top Jaysit Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346 Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:00 am    Post subject: Caliguy wrote: 747-237 wrote: Air India BOM-JFK starts Nov 2. AI 105 (WED/FRI/SUN) DEP BOM 0200 LT ARR JFK 0710 / 0810 LT - BASED ON DAYLIGHT SAVING AI 106 (WED/FRI/SUN) DEP JFK 1020 / 1120 BASED ON DAYLIGHT SAVING ARR BOM 1125 + 1 Why wouldn't AI start EWR-DEL? This flight doesn't make sense. I guess it was in response to DL's announcement of potentially doing JFK-BOM. I would be sad if DL now did ATL-BOM. Why does it not make sense? AI have done the math and found that there's enough East of the river traffic (Long Island, Queens, CT, suburban NYC) that mandates a 3-W direct O&D BOM-JFK flight. As for EWR, it's well-served by AI and UA (who are upgauging to a 77W) from BOM. UA haven't announced upgauging their DEL-EWR flights, so the demand may not be there. I suspect that a lot of DEL-NYC traffic is low yield and the likes of Aeroflot, Air China, KU pick it up. Back to top Caliguy Member Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 723 Location: Los Angeles Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:59 am    Post subject: Jaysit wrote: Caliguy wrote: 747-237 wrote: Air India BOM-JFK starts Nov 2. AI 105 (WED/FRI/SUN) DEP BOM 0200 LT ARR JFK 0710 / 0810 LT - BASED ON DAYLIGHT SAVING AI 106 (WED/FRI/SUN) DEP JFK 1020 / 1120 BASED ON DAYLIGHT SAVING ARR BOM 1125 + 1 Why wouldn't AI start EWR-DEL? This flight doesn't make sense. I guess it was in response to DL's announcement of potentially doing JFK-BOM. I would be sad if DL now did ATL-BOM. Why does it not make sense? AI have done the math and found that there's enough East of the river traffic (Long Island, Queens, CT, suburban NYC) that mandates a 3-W direct O&D BOM-JFK flight. As for EWR, it's well-served by AI and UA (who are upgauging to a 77W) from BOM. UA haven't announced upgauging their DEL-EWR flights, so the demand may not be there. I suspect that a lot of DEL-NYC traffic is low yield and the likes of Aeroflot, Air China, KU pick it up. THe NJ area has seen the vast majority of recent immigrants over NY. NJ has recent immigrants from all over India with a Gujarati/BOM crowd dominant while JFK has a Punjabi crowd plus long time immigrants from everywhere. I would think AI would get more from a EWR-DEL 3X flight than JFK-BOM. DL has a better shot at JFK-BOM because of the large Skyteam business crowd that uses JFK. Just my 2 cents. Normally I would say the airline crunched the numbers but with AI it is a bit of follow others and lose GOI money Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11129 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:24 pm    Post subject: Air India expands Bangkok network from mid-Oct 2018 Air India later this month is expanding service to Thailand, which sees the airline’s Airbus A321 aircraft adding new routes to Bangkok. Planned new routes include the following. Bangalore – Bangkok eff 17OCT18 4 weekly AI338 BLR1410 – 2005BKK 32B x246 AI339 BKK0545 – 0715BLR 32B x246 Kolkata – Bangkok eff 16OCT18 3 weekly AI336 CCU1550 – 2005BKK 32B 246 AI337 BKK0545 – 0715CCU 32B 246 Source: Airlineroute.net _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. 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