IC to offer luxury? - Airliners-India

karatecatman · Member

RE: IC to offer luxury?

karatecatman · Member

Incidentally, AI is going to redo its duty free and have it managed professionally. Will have a super range of goods and items on offer.

Information on this and the quotation may be released in the New York Times and other papers in the West.

AKLDELNonstop · Member

Is IC going to offer their PTV on the leased wide body a/c? Coz what's the point having state of the art service for a 2 hr domestic flight but outdated IFE for long hauls??? The other way round though not acceptable, is understandable

karatecatman · Member

From the details released for the widebodies, it's clear that they are looking at even laptop plugin facility in seats.

What they are looking for is 777s or ideally A330/A340s

IA is thinking that ahead!!!

AKLDELNonstop · Member

karatecatman wrote:

From the details released for the widebodies, it's clear that they are looking at even laptop plugin facility in seats.

What they are looking for is 777s or ideally A330/A340s

IA is thinking that ahead!!!

Yeah i figured they'd be looking for those a/c but I hope they put their own IFE into tht, not too mention their own interiors. Also I dont know if its possible but can they actually get live satellite TV own the PTV systems, catering to desi pop, tht would be a winner.

Also why not order a few wide bodies now? Even if they do end up merging they will still need more a/c than the combined entity will have

karatecatman · Member

Source also says IA is revamping its onboard offering of juice. Wants pure juice and mixed fruit varieties in 500 ml and 200 ml tetrapaks/containers.

This is in addition to the amenity kit details --- described above.

the_380 · Member

IC has many plans like to put personal massager they already it in one the leased A319s

Besides they want to have PTVs on the existing fleet.

And also as Krishna said

karatecatman · Member

Source in IA says --- sent this as an email): Aug 18, 2006

IA will be approaching media/entertainment/broadcasting companies soon for being content service providers for its inflight entertainment programming.The firm should be able to provide entertainment/news as digital audio and video presentations.

What IA wants is audio/video movies/cartoons/short programme/sports and a range of music (western classical/pop, Indian (North and South) classical/Indipop/filmi music)

IA wants it to be provided for three aircraft -- on 2 A319s (which will have drop down screens) with Panasonic and 1 A320 with Rockwell Collins systems (overhead screens). There will be in built armrest audio channels on A319 (12 channels) and A320 (eight and which can be upgraded to 12) respectively.

On the A319s, the inflight entertainment format is for CD NTSC Hi 8 system (audio and video), while for the A320 it must be a conventional cassette for NTSC Hi 8 system (audio and video)

The requirement is for a pilot project till March 31, 2007. In the A320, the programming will also be alongwith Dishnet live satellite TV programming being tested currently.

The requirement is to provide the programming on the Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai routes initially.

In the A319, the video part of the IFE should be in two parts of 45 minutes each with suitable shows or short movies for short sector flights. In the A320, the video module should be in two parts of 60 minutes each with suitable shows or movies.

Programming must be of universal viewing and should be of a secular nature, with controversial subjects to be strictly avoided. Video part should include current affairs, talk shows and entertainment programmes like soap operas/sitcoms/travelogues/topical like "Wings" and "Guinness Book of Records" but must avoid references to accidents/destination city programmes/Western teleserial programming like "Cheers" and "Friends"/sports shows with equal weightage to all sports and games/talent search-lively quiz shows/wildlife programming as in Discovery channel/National Geographic channel/Animal Planet programming. Indian wildlife programming will also be considered.

Audio programming for the A319 and the A320 must be all for 120 minutes as: Instrumental (Fusion); Instrumental (Classical-Western); Instrumental (Pop); Light music/film music that is tasteful; Hindustani Maestro (Vocal); Hindustani Maestro (Instrumental); Carnatic Maestro (Vocal) and Carnatic maestro (Instrumental).

In addition to this, there must be four video modules of 45 minutes each for the A319s (total 8 modules). For the A320, there must be four video modules of 60 minutes each. Each module must be changed every month.

There must also be 2 Hindi/2 English films per month for A319 (Total 4) and 2 Hindi/2 English films per month (Total 4) for the A320.

There must be four audio modules of 120 minutes each for the A319 aircraft and two audio modules of 120 minutes each for the A320 aircraft (Total 4+2=6). The music should be spread across the eight channels for the A319 and A320 aircraft. Later, this should be for 12 channels on the A319.

The content provider for the IFE must also maintain exclusive content for IA and provide 2 backup audio/video programming tapes/CDs. Flight and cabin crew must be briefed on content and provide details to the crew.

Training to be given to the crew for all possible technical problems.

Passenger feedback must be considered on a priority and suggestions implemented within a week (maximum).

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IA is also looking to give amenity kits. Details are there about six posts above.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 01:04, 2006-08-19

karatecatman · Member

The proposed IFE does not seem to be on IA's own aircraft but using 2 of the 5 leased A319s.

the_380 · Member

Yes thats right and now the are planning to dry-lease two A320 with CFM-56 engines as in another post by KCM already. The management says it wants these A320s to have IFEs installed

lets see what next

karatecatman · Member

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/09/19/stories/2006091903780900.htm

IA's first aircraft, an Airbus A319 (of the 43 new aircraft deal), is to land on October 19). So get ready!!

Indian to buy aircraft after 12 years
Ashwini Phadnis

Aircraft to begin operations from Oct

New Delhi , Sept. 18

October 19 will go down as a red-letter day in the annals of Indian. On that day the state-owned airline is to take delivery of the first 43-Airbus it is purchasing at the European aircraft manufacturers production facility in Hamburg.

The induction will end a drought of almost 12 years for purchased aircraft to join the airline fleet. The last purchased aircraft, an Airbus A-320, joined the airline fleet in December 1994. Since then the airline has been inducting leased aircraft to meet market demand.

"The Airbus A-319 would be flown to Delhi and should arrive the following day. The aircraft should be able to operate regular flights from the last week of October after completing all the formalities," sources told Business Line.

At the moment the base as also the routes on which the new aircraft would operate have not yet been firmed up. It was in February this year that the airline signed the deal with the European aircraft manufacture for purchase of 43-Airbus aircraft at an estimated cost of Rs 9,890 crore.

The airline is to acquire 19 A-319, four A-320 and 20 A-321. The A-319 being delivered in Hamburg would be the only purchased aircraft being inducted by the airline this year. A phased schedule for the induction is to see the airline inducting six aircraft in 2007 that would be increased to 12 aircraft the following year. During 2009, Indian is to take delivery of 18 aircraft and delivery of the final six aircraft is scheduled for 2010.

All the aircraft are to offer seating in both business and economy class. The induction of the purchased aircraft would see the airline offering added facilities to its passengers, including the latest in-flight Entertainment System (IFE) and individual televisions for each passenger in business class. The Government has already approved the airlines proposal for induction of IFE system on 42 of the 43 aircraft, at an estimated cost of about Rs 280 crore.

At the moment Indian has a mixed fleet of Airbus A-320, A-319 apart from Boeing 737, Dornier and ATR aircraft.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 13:28, 2006-09-19

the_380 · Member

Registration might be VT-SCF

Great news!!!!!

Cheers to IC

rgds

the_380

crew320 · Member

VT-SCD Airbus A319-112

Inflight Entertainment System:

Passenger Entertainment System VIDEO provides pre-recorded video programmes through LCD monitors installed on cabin Hatrack Mounted Display Units (HMDU). There are two wall mouned display units along with 2 HMDU in 'J' class and 10 HMDU in 'Y' class.
The video/audio control system on Pax seats is located on the arm of each seat. The audio output is selectable through PA system or headset.
Passenger entertainment system MUSIC: The multiplex pax entertainment system plays pre-recorded audio entertainment programme for the passengers and also can be heard using the headset.
The Passenger Entertainment System is capable of supporting 2 Video channels and 12 Audio channels.
Information on ambient aircraft flight date, times and aircraft position in the flight plan, can also be displayed on the screen.

aM

-- Edited by crew320 at 11:25, 2006-09-22

COUGAR · Member

Cool!! Any idea which routes SCD is gonna be on?

Also whats the number of J/Y seats?

crew320 · Member

COUGAR wrote:

Cool!! Any idea which routes SCD is gonna be on?

Also whats the number of J/Y seats?

Will check about the routes mate..

Seat Config: 14 J and 106 Y

Also,

The 'J' class passenger seats have motor operated adjustment facility for bottom support, back support and lumber support.

aM

karatecatman · Member

VT-SCD details:

Airbus assembly number: Serial number 1668
Type: 319-112
First flight date: 15/04/2002
Aircraft history:

Date of entry into service with: Air Canada C-GJTC 25/04/2002

Returned to lessor on: 07/04/06 ALS IRISH AIRCRAFT LEASING MSN 344 LTD, DEBIS AIR FINANCE,
IRELAND LTD, DEBI AIR FIN IRELAND

Date of entry into service with: Indian Airlines as VT-SCD on 26/04/2006, leased from ALS IRISH AIRCRAFT LEASING

IA has two ex-Air Canada A319s. The other one is VT-SCE, manufactured in 2002.

Both VT-SCD and VT-SCE were operated mainly on the Singapore route till late-September. The A320s are now back.

(Copyright Airliners.net Kok Chwee Sim)

And the other ex-Air Canada aircraft very much in the news is the great SUNDERBANS (VT-AIM, Air India's 747-400M).

-- Edited by karatecatman at 14:37, 2006-09-22

karatecatman · Member

Indian Airlines bids farewell to saree

the_380 · Member

RE: IC to offer luxury?

VABBy · Member

Salwar Kameez that too with a duppatta dont tell me that nw they are going to rename the airlines as Air khalsa ( Plz guys no offence against sikhism i am a punju myself)

with its hub at ATQ

COUGAR · Member

Orange kameez, purplish shalwar with sky blue dupatta. It looks good on the youngish crew with good figures, on the oldies it is goin to look hideous.

BTW there are going to be 2 uniforms including one saree option: and 2 color schemes each.

What about the male crew? I hear they recruited a whole bunch of Hotel Management types recently.