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tayara mechanici


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Aseem wrote:


a quick question, how do regional jets such as CRJs with S2 fare with ATRs, as far as pricing and economics of operations is concerned.  Is there any obvious benefit from upgrading from ATRs to CRJs?  Do we have any example to compare?


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Boils down to the cost of FUEL and sector length. Research the USA RJ market for the last 10yrs. Compare it against the price of FUEL you'll find that RJ are popular at a certain price band of FUEL beyond which Turboprops are considered to be cost effective. Its the same story as the B777 vs A345/6.



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Fare hike talk divides airlines
Budget carriers say no to full cost airlines' proposal to up rates.

Passengers drawn by low air fares have a reason to be happy. Leading low-cost carriers (LCCs) have rejected a proposal by full service airlines asking them not to sell tickets below their cost of operations, which could have translated into an increase in fares.

Turning down the proposal at recent meetings with full service carriers, under the aegis of the newly formed Federation of Indian Airlines, last week, the LCCs stated categorically that they would continue to sell at least 20 to 30 per cent of their tickets below cost, in a bid to expand the market.

Any hike in fares could make the LCCs lose market share to full service airlines. At present, budget carriers control 30 per cent of the market.

The full service airlines had argued that there was a need to increase air fares as most carriers were bleeding. Airlines in India are expected to post a cumulative loss of close to Rs 2,200 crore in 2006-07, or Rs 6 crore every day.

The LCCs said they would go in for a fare hike only if full service carriers raised their fares simultaneously, so that the price gap between the two did not go down.

“Increasing prices would mean a shrinking of market size. Airlines are in the process of developing the market. They have to price tickets attractively for making passengers migrate to air travel. Attractive pricing in the mobile telephony business has increased the market size,” an industry analyst pointed out.

An LCC representative who took part in the discussions said, “Our strategy is simple: We want to expand and stimulate the market as we are looking at a long-term strategy where more and more train travellers take to air.” An executive of a leading LCC said, “By expanding the market, we will also reduce costs.”

Leading aviation consultant Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) had predicted that LCCs’ market share in India would reach 70 per cent by 2010, making it one of the world’s leading LCC markets in terms of total market penetration.

“Full service carriers, on an average, are losing a remarkable 1.5 percentage points of market share to LCCs every month. We do not expect this rate to slow in the short term, given the profile of current fleet orders,” said Kapil Kaul, CAPA CEO (Indian subcontinent & West Asia).

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Chandigarh/Nris_ode_to_a_plane/articleshow/733970.cms
Nri's 'ode' to a plane
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CHANDIGARH: Is it a plane? Is it a house? Well its a house with a plane, a livable one at that. The dream of an NRI who returned to his roots after 32 years in England. The couple's farmhouse at Uppal Bhupa village near Phillaur is an 85-foot replica of an Air India aircraft, made of brick and mortar.


Its not surprising that the house has become a landmark in the area. Today, the entire village is known as jahaj wala pind (village with the aeroplane). The construction is a tribute to the aircraft.


To fulfil my dream, I along with other residents of Doaba region went to England to find work, said Santokh, who left his village for UK in 1959 in search of job and served as a employee for 32 years (in a company that manufactured engines for aeroplanes and tractors).


After retiring in 1991, he set up Uppal Sweets Centre, a restaurant-cum-catering house in Wolver Hampton.


But at this juncture, homesickness took over. Having enough time and money in possession, Singh handed over his business to his sons and returned to his native village in Punjab to construct a holiday home for his family.


The idea of a dummy plane wasnt there in the initial blueprint of the project. Rather, it was a creative touch added later by builder and architect Amarnath from Umarpur village.


Known for-his innovative designs of overhead water-tanks (ranging from footballs to horses), Amarnath decided to add a plane while renovating the house in 1999.


Santokh Singh was away at the time and was just told that a large tank was being added on the terrace. When he came home in 2000, he saw the tank was in the process of being built, in the shape of an aeroplane.


About one-fourth of the structure was already in place and I was quite impressed with Amarnaths creative endeavour.


In any case, to me, an Air-India plane symbolises the hopes and dreams of all those enterprising Doaba residents for whom going abroad is like the first step towards shaping their destiny, he said.


Singh's plane has two entrances, one from inside the house while the other from the outer side. Cabin windows on both sides ensure light and ventilation while the propellers on the wings not only add authenticity, they also serve as exhaust fans.


We wanted to create an aero-home that would be habitable, explains Santokhs son Bhupinder, who assisted Amarnath in finishing the project.


The aero-home whichs worth over Rs 20 lakh, acts as a holiday retreat for Santokh's grandchildren, who make a beeline for the jahaj walla pind whenever they get a chance while their grandmother looks after the in-fight entertainment by supplying delicious Punjabi dishes at regular intervals.


For Santokh, it acts as homecoming. For me, the plane is symbolises my personal journey coming full circle, he quipped.



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http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=339586&ssid=53&sid=BUS






American Airlines appoints Amritraj as its brand ambassador




New Delhi, Dec 02: American Airlines has appointed former tennis player Vijay Amritraj as its brand ambassador.

The airline, which has completed one year of operations on the Delhi-Chicago route, said Amritraj will be its face for the non-stop service on the sector, a company statement said.

American airlines has been operating direct flights between Delhi and Chicago since November last year after India and the US signed the open skies agreement, the release said.

"We are very pleased with our performance in the first year of the Delhi-Chicago route. We are pleased to announce the appointment of prominent sports personality Vijay Amritraj as our brand ambassador to promote the Delhi-Chicago route in India and USA," American Airlines regional manager Indian subcontinent Nisha Maharaj said.

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Kale Consultants & IATA to deliver e-freight to India


 
Kale Consultants Ltd has announced that the Company and IATA (the International Air Transport Association) on December 05, 2006 have announced that they will be working together to promote e-freight in India. The Company will act as the Nodal agency to coordinate activities required to implement e-freight in India.


The Company has announced that it will be hosting a conference in early 2007, supported by IATA, with the intention of bringing together representatives from IATA, the Indian Government, Indian Customs, major airlines, freight forwarders, shippers and other interested parties. This will provide the springboard from which India can start the required preparatory work to become e-freight enabled within the next three years.


IATA e-freight is one of 5 global initiatives being undertaken under the Simplify the Business programme. The Company as an StB partner, will be supporting IATA in this endeavor and will work alongside IATA to help bring India to a paper-free environment.


Vipul Jain, Managing Director / CEO of the Company said, "We are delighted to work alongside IATA on this initiative. We have a strong sense of national pride within Kale, and being an StB partner and working with the global cargo industry, we feel that we can add value and facilitate the implementation of e-freight within the shortest possible time."


 
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Jagson was never a force in the 1st place.


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Their much advertised Chennai-Pondicherry-Tirupati flight collapsed in a week. After the inaugural flight, it was Sayonara, Sayonara!!

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Jet plans big overseas flight expansion

Country’s largest private airline Jet Airways on Monday said it will fly to three North American destinations by next year and almost double the number of pilots to 1,400 by FY'09.

Jet will launch direct daily flights to Bangkok from New Delhi and Kolkata from January 23

By August next year Jet would fly to New York from Mumbai via Brussels and in October flight to San Francisco from Mumbai via China would be started.

The carrier is also looking to fly to the African continent, mainly to South Africa and Kenya in the later part of 2007.

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IA flights only one on time


Delhi, Dec. 12 (UNI)


An Indian Airlines to Banglore took off using CAT III-A instrument landing system, while a Hyderabad-Delhi flight of the domestic carrier landed using the CAT III-B equipment which can operate in near-zero visibility conditions.


 Only one runway was operated during the period, airport sources said. The flight to Bangalore was, however, delayed because of three private airlines aircraft without the landing capability system blocking the runway.


IA's flights are the only one on time since the fog season started.



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NEW DELHI: Asserting that the maintenance of national carriers Air India and Indian airlines was among the best in the world, Government today said airworthiness of aircraft is properly checked before deploying them for commercial use.
"The maintenance of standard of Air India and Indian Airlines is second to none anywhere in the world," Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha.
He assured that the old age of aircraft had nothing to do with their airworthiness and said during 2007 the Air India would get more new aircraft for which an order had already been placed.

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Air travellers can thank the weather gods for not letting the fog envelop the country’s airports, especially Delhi airport, which is the most affected year after year.

The Delhi airport has been bearing the brunt despite being equipped with Category (CAT) IIIB instrument landing system, which is meant to facilitate aircraft landing and take-off in low visibility.

The reasons are the airlines are not investing enough either in training their pilots to fly in fog or upgrading their aircraft for CAT II, CAT IIIA and CAT IIIB landing systems.

There is pure – and cold – business sense behind it. The loss suffered owing to cancellation and rescheduling of flights every winter – including arranging accommodation of passengers in certain cases – is much less than the expenditure on training.

“The loss incurred on cancelling a two-and-a-half-hour flight due to fog is at Rs 1.87 lakh to Rs 2 lakh,” said an airline executive.

But the cost of fitting an aircraft with CAT IIIA and CAT IIIB equipment would cost an airline anywhere between Rs 46 to Rs 55 crore. In addition, Rs 7 lakh to Rs 9 lakh has to be spent on training a pilot. Then there are refresher courses every six months.

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This might make economic sense, but the passengers are being taken for a ride.

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this thread is being closed is it is too long.


Akshay! please feel free to start a next version and begin with your last post.
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