The 'New' IA media centre - Airliners-India

karatecatman · Member

The 'New' IA media centre

the_380 · Member

wow thats cool thanx

Sandy2901 · Recruit

This is really enterprising on Indian Airlines behalf :)

VABBy · Member

Wow BTW how many aircraft now IC has in the new livery??

whats their fleet strength currently How many A319/A320 do they have now...

where are they using the new A319,s....

karatecatman · Member

All the information is in the Media centre!!!! Here it is anyway.

AIRCRAFT
TYPE
Airbus
A300
Airbus
A320
Airbus
A319
ATR-42
Dornier
Do 228
Boeing
B-737
Total Fleet

No. of aircraft

3
47
3
4
2
11
70

Seating Configuration
J Class
Y Class
32
215
20
125
-
145
-
48
-
18
-
119

karatecatman · Member

All the information is in the Media centre!!!! Here it is anyway.

AIRCRAFT
TYPE Airbus A300     3 (Nos)               J class:32 Y class:215
Airbus A320             47                       J:20 Y:125
Airbus A319             3                         Y:145
ATR-42                   4                         Y:48
Dornier Do 228         2                         Y:18
Boeing B-737           11                       Y:119
Total Fleet              70

* Alliance Air is a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines Ltd

The aircraft in the new livery are, apart from the three new A319s, two A320s (the first two aircraft). These generally operate on the South East Asia routes.

The A319s are being gradually introduced on the Alliance Air routes. Current sectors are: Mumbai to Lucknow (with a few stops in between), Mumbai to Bangalore, Mumbai to Madurai via Chennai (There was jubilation recently as the jasmine (flower) growers of Madurai were getting dedicated cargo space. Ths servide was also in time to link to connecting flights to West Asia, a huge market for flowers. Madurai was also the first station in South India to get the A319 and an IA jet in the new livery. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was a passenger recently. Had to rush back to Chennai while on his campaign trail and was booked on this flight), Kolkata to Imphal and Aizawl, and Kolkata to Port Blair.

[Chennai to Port Blair still has the Alliance Air 737 which sounds quite scary. The roar of the PW engines seems unhealthy and fills the air for a long time as the aircraft flies very low, at 0545 am. (But this has nothing to do with maintenance). It's just the sound that is very unnerving. A little after that is a very quiet Jet Airways 737-800. Air Deccan is supposed to operate an Airbus A320, but never gets to hear it.]

-- Edited by karatecatman at 14:13, 2006-06-02

TKMCE · Recruit

Air Deccan is supposed to operate an Airbus A320, but never gets to hear it

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Could be that you have hit the "Snooze" button after being woken up by the Alliance Air classic!

DN is scheduled between IC and 9W.

karatecatman · Member

Indian is removing the Alliance Air service from June 14 on the Chennai to Port Blair sector. It will now use an A320.

Alliance will now operate the Chennai to Bangalore sector.

the_380 · Member

alliance air i feel will soon be stopped

i mean merged to IC

karatecatman · Member

Alliance Air is to be merged with Air India Express.

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=126772
A-I Express, Alliance to be merged as low-cost entity

Consultant will examine project viability

SAGAR MALVIYA & NEELASRI BARMAN
Friday, May 12, 2006 at 0000 hours IST

MUMBAI, MAY 11: The panel formed to look into the merger of Air-India (A-I) and Indian-Airlines (IA) is exploring the possibility of floating a subsidiary for low-cost operations by merging Air-India Express, the low-fare arm of A-I with Alliance Air, the decade-old wholly-owned subsidiary of IA servicing tier II cities. This could mean that India would have its first-ever low-cost carrier (LCC) having both domestic and international operations.
Air-India chairman and managing director V Thulasidas told FE , "There is no point floating a separate LCC altogether. As a low-cost option, Alliance Air and A-I Express will join together to form a subsidiary airline."

However, the consultant, to be appointed shortly, will examine the viability of the project.

On the rationale of merging both subsidiaries, Mr Thulasidas said, "The basic idea is to have a primary carrier based on our existing model and also a low-cost airline which can fly both domestic and international routes, post-merger." Industry experts opine that if ever a low-cost carrier model becomes a norm in the future, the merged entity should not be found unprepared. Hence, the platform for an LCC is being contemplated already.

At present, Alliance Air operates mainly in tier II cities like Rajkot, Agartala, Shillong, Visakhapatnam and Raipur, while Air India Express caters to the lucrative Gulf region and is planning to fly South-East destinations.

An Alliance In The Air
• The move will result in India having first-ever low-cost carrier having both domestic and international operations
• Alliance Air operates mainly in tier II cities and is plagued by ageing fleet and declining market share
• Air-India Express has an average passenger load factor of 90%
An analyst with a leading brokerage firm said, "If the merger of Air-India Express takes place with Alliance Air, then that can also become a successful model. The low-cost arm would facilitate travel from tier II cities in India to Gulf and South-East Asian countries.

While Air-India Express is showing a strong performance with an average passenger load factor of 90%, Alliance Air is plagued by ageing fleet and declining market share.

Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation (CAPA) chief executive officer (Indian subcontinent & Middle-East) Kapil Kaul, however, differs, "The issue of merging the subsidiaries is inappropriate at this point of time. Air-India-Indian-Airlines merger should be the top priority."

karatecatman · Member

Fourth and Fifth A319s joined the IA fleet in MAY 2006. Fleet strength is now 73.

Any pictures of these?

vivekman · Member

I have clicked a pic of an Indian A-319, VT-SCC at BOM. Will upload it in a day or two.

Meanwhile, here is a pic of the A-320, VT-ESA in the new livery that I clicked at BKK

http://myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00711454

karatecatman wrote:
Fourth and Fifth A319s joined the IA fleet in MAY 2006. Fleet strength is now 73. Any pictures of these?

karatecatman · Member

Fourth and fifth A319s are ex-Air Canada.

himmat01 · Member

karatecatman wrote:

Fourth and fifth A319s are ex-Air Canada.

Are these two in two class config or single class config?

HAWK21M · Member

Looks good.

regds

MEL

karatecatman · Member

himmat01 wrote:

karatecatman wrote: Fourth and fifth A319s are ex-Air Canada. Are these two in two class config or single class config?

According to the_380, these are in 2 class.

the_380 · Member

yes it shud be in twin-class configuration. but will have to confirm it as yet

karatecatman · Member

The new cargo site for IA

HAWK21M · Member

RE: The 'New' IA media centre

karatecatman · Member

Will get the news.

IA may float a tender for conversion. Otherwise the 737 may be off to Israel Aircarft Industry for the work.