Sadly this 15-17 aircrafts includes:

11-A320s

3-B737s

2-ATRs*

1-D228**

*ATRs are grounded with reasons for "no-pilot availability"

**Its better to consider the Dorniers have been phased out. One D228 "officially" is still flying but i guess just for showing that operations are on schedule shows no D228 routes. Speaking of the other its grounded for past 4-5 months no spares no pilots and no engineers for that!!! I dont know if they get the pilots and spares and engineers then also if it can still fly

My opinion is that it shud be sold on Kg basis

karatecatman wrote:

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Dornier does Cochin to Agatti (Lakshadweep).
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Kingfisher is planning to push very hard to operate its own ATR or get the runway expanded for A319 operations. But many islands there have eco-restrictions.-- Edited by karatecatman at 14:24, 2006-07-01

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the_380 wrote:

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Indian's A319s are CFM-56 powered

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Thats what I indirectly asked.Read the Article.

regds

MEL

Govt Carrier...When the govt itself doesnt care why shud the others care

Thats the attitude of all employees except some.

Indian seems to be working on the crisis as on July 13, 2006.

They want upto 3 V2500 engines on short lease.   

Engines should be available immediately, not later than October 31, 2006.

This may help the grounded fleet get off.

http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf
Patel reviews Indian performance
New Delhi, July 14 

The performance of state-owned airline, Indian, today came in for a high-level review, with Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel going in-depth into various aspects of its functioning, including the grounding of almost a quarter of its fleet due to engineering problems.
 In the three-hour long meeting, the Minister, along with top Ministry officials including Secretary Ajay Prasad, held threadbare parleys with the Indian management on issues relating to engineering, commercial and sales.
 At least 12 aircraft of the carrier are ground for the past several weeks due to trouble with their engines and spares and the airline has been operating its services with over 30 planes.
 It is understood that government has asked the airline to strengthen its engineering division, speed up engine repairs and augment the supply of spares so that at least half the aircraft on ground could take off in the next two months.
 The issue of shortage of pilots also came up for discussion at the meeting, in which Indian management was asked to strengthen its pilot training programmes so that more of them were available for the upcoming deliveries of new aircraft.
 The airline has placed orders for 43 Airbus aircraft, A-319s, A-320s and A-321s.

At last!

www.uninews.com

IA to increase engine availability

NEW DELHI, July 27, 2006

Indian Airlines Ltd., is vigorously pursuing all possible means to increase engine availability. This information was given to the Parliament by Shri Praful Patel, Minister for Civil Aviation in the Lok Sabha today.

The Minister added that the Indian Airlines was doing this through outsourcing of engine overhaul to outside agencies, continued retention of three short-term leased engines till January-February 2007, leasing three more engines on short-term basis and implementing the engine upgrade programme. These steps are being taken by Indian Airlines since the grounding of a number of aircrafts are primarily due to shortage of engines.

Normally, about 6 A-320 aircraft remain ground for scheduled maintenance. Presently about 12 A-320 aircraft are grounded for major maintenance/want of engines and for scheduled maintenance checks. They have not been grounded due to shortage parts.

Confirmed officially.

karatecatman wrote:

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www.uninews.com IA to increase engine availability NEW DELHI, July 27, 2006 Indian Airlines Ltd., is vigorously pursuing all possible means to increase engine availability. This information was given to the Parliament by Shri Praful Patel, Minister for Civil Aviation in the Lok Sabha today. The Minister added that the Indian Airlines was doing this through outsourcing of engine overhaul to outside agencies, continued retention of three short-term leased engines till January-February 2007, leasing three more engines on short-term basis and implementing the engine upgrade programme. These steps are being taken by Indian Airlines since the grounding of a number of aircrafts are primarily due to shortage of engines. Normally, about 6 A-320 aircraft remain ground for scheduled maintenance. Presently about 12 A-320 aircraft are grounded for major maintenance/want of engines and for scheduled maintenance checks. They have not been grounded due to shortage parts. Confirmed officially.

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This is absolutely ludicrous. Someone needs to ask Q in INDIA. I would say suspend the marked exec till they prove their innocense. The planning GM is the first man in the chain, its his job to schedule aircraft for maint and if he was aware of the danger of grounding a large # of a/c, he would have info his boss the DE - R.Dayal. If Dayal was concientious he would have brought this up with the CMD and DO. Having failed to recognise the implications and continuing with the ops makes these 2 culpable, well the CMD definately for not having a finger on the pulse. There should be evidence of email trail or meeting notes to find the guilt. The GM-Engg, A.Lal should be sacked for not monitoring the engines closely, how could he let 3 engines deteriorate to this extent, i am sure there must have been indications of exceedence.

3 engines on power by the hour lease during peak season is going to cost IAC a fortune, another 3 on short term is additional burden and in a enviourment of growing competition and increasing fuel price how do they expect to recover these completely unwarranted costs. This is extremely bad indication for aviation in INDIA. Airlines in banana republics manage their maintenance far more intelligently.

can RTI be invoked against PSU ? Its tax payers money these guys are floundering away.

Title First Name Last Name Job Title Mr Vishwapati Trivedi Chairman & Managing Director * Mr V Kashyap Deputy Managing Director Mr Naresh Chand Director (IFS) Mr Rajan Dayal Director Audit & Engineering * Mr A Goyal Commercial Director Mr V K Jain Director (GS) Capt G Jesudason Director Operations * Mrs Anita Khurana Director Cargo Mr R Rana Director (SHOD) Capt D Singh Director Flight Safety Mr Anup K. Srivastava Director Public Relations Mr Anand Kumar Director Security Mr V Sharma Executive Assistant Mr Pankaj Srivastava Executive Assistant Dr A Dewan General Manager (Med) Mr D Ghakar General Manager Finance Mr Vijay Kumar General Manager Planning* Mr S Kundra General Manager Finance Mr A Lal General Manager Engineering* Mr Lall Shyam General Manager (FO)