IC to offer luxury? - Airliners-India

the_380 · Member

IC to offer luxury?

karatecatman · Member

It is about time, as the interior design changes have to be fixed. The new planes are to be built soon, and all this has to be sorted out much much earlier.

(Boeing has alreasy released the pictures of the Air India Express 737s. In that picture there were two --- one behind the other with just the winglets painted in those pink stripes which are on the main body.)

The live satellite TV feed is from:

Doordarshan!

Tests are being conducted on an Airbus A320, with Doordarshan DTH, according to IA chairman Dr. Vishwapathi Trivedi. Incidentally, it is here that he mentioned that IA is looking for 12 wide-bodied jets mainly for a service into London by 2007. He said he was confident that they would get the planes. He also went on about the unique change in identity and the new IA colour scheme.

Which is what the next point is. If he is going ahead with this independent plan and then talking about the unique and new identity, is there going to be any merger with AI? There are more clues in the IA website --- at clearly establishing the new IA look and the organisation, especially after talk about a merger. And it is hardly a thing to do if there is to be a 100% merger soon.

It is only when the Air India chief and IA chief start talking like this that you begin to wonder.

With a merger underway, and with AI in charge of deciding what the course of action is, it seems a bit strange.

AI chief Mr. Thulasidass has gone back to the old talk of a 68-jet fleet.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 18:26, 2006-06-04

karatecatman · Member

http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2006/jun/15king.htm

In-flight entertainment hasn't caught up yet

Geetanjali Shukla in New Delhi | June 15, 2006 03:18 IST

Meanwhile, the old lady in the Indian skies, Indian Airlines, plans to install IFE on the new aircraft that it's acquiring from Airbus though the first aircraft that is due to arrive in November, will not come equipped with IFE.

But it's hoping that IFE will be installed in all its aircraft by 2007. V Trivedi, CMD, Indian Airlines says the "new aircraft will be fitted with the latest in-flight entertainment system. We are also looking to provide satellite TV on board."

IA sleeping as usual. Will cost it an additional amount now, as it is an extra fitment.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 16:32, 2006-06-15

karatecatman · Member

IA source says that IA will be making small changes to its meal service.

Business and Economy passengers will now get tea bags. Darjeeling tea mainly for Business class.

IA and the Tea Board will have an agreement to change the types of tea periodically.

Government to Government has its advantages!

-- Edited by karatecatman at 16:26, 2006-06-15

the_380 · Member

i wud love to see IC with IFE installed

-- Edited by the_380 at 22:19, 2006-06-15

vivekman · Member

Only teabags?? Or tea as well

karatecatman wrote:
Business and Economy passengers will now get tea bags. Darjeeling tea mainly for Business class.

Karan69 · Member

I read that only 10 aircrafts will have the IFE live TV amenity mostly the A321 seat.at a whooping cost of 100 crore

These aircrafts are going to be flown on Metro and routes like BOM/DEL/MAA/BLR-DXB/SIN/BKK/HKG so it wont be all aircrafts as far as i can remeber.

Karan

karatecatman · Member

Apparently a rethink now.

Dr. Vishwapathi Trivedi, IA chief has hinted at having all aircraft with IFE.

vivekman · Member

IMO IFE makes a lot of sense only on flights of two hours or more. For flights of around one hour (e.g. BOM-GOI, BOM-AMD, BLR-MAA, etc), one can hardly get to enjoy the IFE. But yes, even on short flights, things like the fwd looking camera and Route indication will be nice to have.

karatecatman · Member

IA is thinking big. This time it is live satellite feed as IFE.

An A320 is undergoing trial to receive Doordarshan DTH. After this IA will make up its minnd about the rest of the fleet. This was according to Dr. Vishwapathi Trivedi.

vivekman · Member

Hope the DD experiment is just an experiment and not an ongoing offerring. Who would want to go through that torture on a long haul flight??

karatecatman wrote:
IA is thinking big. This time it is live satellite feed as IFE. An A320 is undergoing trial to receive Doordarshan DTH.

karatecatman · Member

DD DTH is a bouquet of channels that includes even National Geographic.

So you won't have only DD in 26 languages!!!

the_380 · Member

A new leased IC A320 (i ll tell the registration later) has come it has only 124 seats total...its business class has 160 degrees inclination and reading lights...etc.

Another A319 has come the first one in 2-class config. its biz. class has a personalised massager!!!

IC is improving

karatecatman · Member

the_380 wrote:

A new leased IC A320 (i ll tell the registration later) has come it has only 124 seats total...its business class has 160 degrees inclination and reading lights...etc. Another A319 has come the first one in 2-class config. its biz. class has a personalised massager!!! IC is improving

Lie-flat seats?

karatecatman · Member

IA's Media Centre hasn't listed this!!

the_380 · Member

Not fullly flat 160 degrees registration:VT-EYL (A320)

karatecatman · Member

12-year-old aircraft!

I think it was with British Airways earlier.

karatecatman · Member

Entry into service with IA was May 20, 2006. But still does not match with the entry given in the media centre.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 15:08, 2006-06-22

the_380 · Member

karatecatman wrote:

12-year-old aircraft! I think it was with British Airways earlier.

Along with the other A319s it is also on lease

ICs A319s are supposed to come in November this year but if the management decides then they will give the new A319s to the leasing agency but all the A320s leased are goin out for sure as new ones come

I think this aircraft is being flown to SIN

himmat01 · Member

What kind of J class product is IC planning to offer on it's new a/c?