Wednesday, April 13, 2016

14 Airbus A-320 aircraft to join AI fleet soon; AI Express HQ in Kochi to be revamped

Kochi: Fourteen more brand new Airbus A-320 aircraft would join the Air India fleet, Ashwani Lohani, chairman and managing director, Air India, has said. These aircraft will be put to use for domestic operations. The new aircraft will be in in addition to the six new Boeing 737-800 aircraft joining the Air India Express fleet, which are planned to be deployed mainly on the India-Gulf routes.
The CMD also informed the travel agents that Alliance Air will increase its feeder operations by adding new 72-seater ATRs. Currently, in the southern region, 42-seater ATR aircraft are being deployed by Air India on the Kochi-Agatti and Kochi-Bangalore sectors.
Lohani, during his visit to Kochi on Saturday, also announced that the corporate headquarters of Air India Express in Kochi will be revamped with state-of-the-art infrastructure and modern amenities, said an official communication released on Tuesday.
The CMD gave administrative sanction to transform the present facility into a more spacious and modern corporate office with ticketing/reservation centre in the ground floor of facility. The proposed Air India Express building would also house the boardroom of Air India Express.
12/04/16 Shyam P V/Times of India
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