AI to engage global IT cos for better asset utilisation

New Delhi: Global IT majors can look forward to working with Air India on a programme that would help the airline not only make better use of its aircraft, but also rationalise the domestic and international operations.
The airline plans to soon invite proposals from global IT firms that would help the airline achieve both objectives.
“Air India could be the first domestic airline to use the system which is used by several airlines abroad.
“The savings both in financial and improvement to the asset life would be substantial although these cannot be quantified just yet. The idea is to start with a clean sheet from the 2008 winter schedule,” an airline official said.
At the moment, Air India has curtailed and reduced its operations as it faces a shortage of aircraft.
Among the measures taken include curtailing the frequency of the flights to some South-East Asian destinations such as Seoul, apart from delinking Delhi from some of the services operated to Europe and Canada.
18/12/07 Ashwini Phadnis/Business Line

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