Jet Airways, SpiceJet in talks for engineering, ground alliance

Mumbai: Jet Airways (India) Ltd has initiated talks with Delhi-based low-fare carrier SpiceJet Ltd for an operational alliance in engineering and ground operations, said two executives from each airline.
The alliance will be for Jet Airways’ low-fare unit JetLite (India) Ltd and its all-economy class product Jet Airways Konnect.
Since “SpiceJet, JetLite and Jet Airways Konnect largely operate Boeing 737 planes, the proposed operational alliance is looking at synergy of operations and cross-utilization of resources”, said another person familiar with the development, adding the move may shave both airlines’ engineering and maintenance costs by 35-40%.
The arrangement will allow planes from the airlines to be maintained or serviced at airports where one of the partners has stronger resources, but there is “no proposal for code-sharing, cross-selling of tickets and joint fuel management”, this person told Mint.
This alliance will essentially look at “aircraft on ground” (AoG) issues, he said, adding that the airlines will pool parts, tools, spares and services of engineers to make the planes airworthy as soon as possible.
09/10/09 P.R. Sanjai/Live Mint

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