http://www.indusair.biz/BESR_Availability.aspx

BOM,IXC,DEL.

regds

MEL

The flight numbers and timings are as follows:

Flight 09203 - BOM to IXC - D: 1410 - A: 1640

Flight 09202 - IXC to BOM - D: 1105 - A: 1340

- Vivek

 

Aseem wrote:

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for sure!! from the site they seem to working on flying to Jammu, Srinagar and Amritsar.  Linking these cities to BOM makes good sense.

rgds

VT-ASJ

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I won't comment on Amritsar because i don't have any knowledge.

But as far as Jammu and Srinagar is concerned i don't find it a good idea at all. Reason being is that with increasing terrorist attacks tourism has dropped badly. I had been to J&K this yr March and only that time saw a good tourism. People thought things would change but now they are back to what they were

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/548743.cms
Air Sahara back with a bang, to support Indus Air
SUNNY VERMA & G GANAPATHY SUBRAMANIAM

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2006 02:48:00 AM]
NEW DELHI: Air Sahara, virtually written off following the failed merger with Jet Airways, is staging a comeback.

Having improved market share as well as revenues through better utilisation of the aircraft, the Sahara Group airline is also providing strategic support to Indus Air, a new regional carrier which is being promoted, among others, by Kapil Mohan of Mohan Meakins.

Air Sahara has brought its market share close to double digits, recovering from the slide it suffered after the Rs 2,300-crore takeover by Jet Airways failed. The airline is now raising debt for funding its expansion plans, sources said.

This follows significant improvement in vital parameters like aircraft utilisation, number of flights operated, capacity deployed and revenue generation.

Air Sahara is looking at the launch of flights to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. The airline, which has announced a flight to Male, is planning to focus on short-haul routes for the time being. The only long-haul route tested by the company, the London flight, is unlikely to be revived now.

In fact, Air Sahara is in the process of returning the leased Boeing B767 which was earlier deployed on the London route. Having recovered from the Jet shock, Air Sahara has now grown in confidence to prop up Indus Air.

It is understood that the two airlines are in talks to utilise the pilots, engineers and maintenance facilities of Air Sahara for the Indus Air fleet. Both companies were tight-lipped on the strategic alliance but sources confirmed talks were in advanced stages.

The Sahara Group airline used CRJ aircraft of Bombardier which Indus Air also plans to deploy. It is understood that Indus Air has leased one CRJ and is in the process of getting one more soon. The new airline plans to launch flights out of Chandigarh, connecting to key destinations like Mumbai and Delhi.

Support facilities to the airline would earn additional revenue for Air Sahara which already has pilots and engineers for CRJ aircraft. Air Sahara is also in the process of improving the utilisation of its CRJs, manufactured by Canada-based Bombardier. The two companies are engaged in talks to cut the cost of operation and turn CRJ operations profitable.

“We are in talks with Air Sahara to obtain their co-operation in terms of pilots, engineering staff and other support. Air Sahara has large number of CRJ pilots, and it makes sense for us to form an alliance rather than poaching staff of the full-service carrier. Such a strategic arrangement will benefit both the airlines,” said an official of Indus Air.

Apart from Air Sahara, the feeder airline is also in discussion with Air Canada for getting aircraft spares. Indus Air claims that the new CRJ plane will be operational in the next two weeks. 
 

was in goa 2 months ago, they've hangared the RJ, when i spoke to the Sahara staff at the airport, it looked like there wasn't much that was planned with the a/c, somehow it sounded like a perfectly repairable a/c was being 'bali-chadaoed' in the Jet-Sahara merger

the_380 wrote:

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But as far as Jammu and Srinagar is concerned i don't find it a good idea at all. Reason being is that with increasing terrorist attacks tourism has dropped badly.

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 Honestly speaking i dont have any figures to conter your argument. Bt i feel Jammu and Srinagar can handle this extra feed thanks to the footfalls you get. Why for Srinagar because thats the fastest and easiest way to reach there besides the long journey by road.

 And for Jammu its sheer becoz of the sharadhalu visiting Mata Vaishno Devi...

True.

Remember VT-EDS at BLR,it took Three months & is Currently still flying as VT-BDF.It was a Mx Challenge.

Sad to see VT-SID getting scrapped.

regds

MEL

EDS, if i am not mistaken, was an ex-IC 737-200 picked up for cheap by Blue Dart which they then proceeded to abuse!! Apparently the maintenance record of this plane while at BD is pretty interesting!!

Finally one day BD's pilots made a piss-poor landing at Chennai, slamming the aircraft down on the runway, and ended up badly damagin the plane: nose gear and one engine coming off or something like that. I didnt know BD mechs had managed to restore it back to service!!

The same aircraft has also been involved in an accident whil ein service with IC resulting in damage to its wing roots.

I dunno how true this story really is (MEL please confirm), but to hear more interesting stories like this, get pally with IC/9W AME fellows, ply them with vodka. It gets pretty interesting after the third peg is down!!

COUGAR wrote:

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I dunno how true this story really is (MEL please confirm), but to hear more interesting stories like this, get pally with IC/9W AME fellows, ply them with vodka. It gets pretty interesting after the third peg is down!!

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Roy.The sources that gave you this Info should not be trusted,as accordingy to me its false.

Without going into details.VT-EDS is currently VT-BDF.It had a Wheels up landing in IC & a pilot landing in fog at the side of the Runway in BLR in 1996.Which was restored to Flying & has an excellent record to date.

Trust me I know the details.

regds

MEL