AI to operationalise 3 strategic business units by April this yr

Mumbai: The National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) that runs state-owned carrier Air India will operationalise three strategic business units (SBUs) by April 2010. The units will focus on the areas of engineering, ground handling and cargo operations and are expected to be hived off as separate subsidiaries of the carrier with separate balance sheets. Also, roughly 16,000 AI employees who are already a part of these separate departments currently are expected to be shifted to the new subsidiaries, which will dramatically bring down Air India’s employees per aircraft ratio that currently stands at 276 per aircraft and is among the highest in the industry.
The carrier has entered into a strategic alliance for marketing its engine overhaul facility with Sharjah-based Aerostar Asset Management. “The alliance has created an Engine MRO brand called ‘The A Team’ that has started providing engine repair and management solutions to all airline operators of the Gulf region to begin with. “The A Team” will utilise the existing engine overhaul facilities of Air India at Mumbai and marketing set-up of Aerostar in the Middle East,” the airline announced in a release.
03/01/10 Indian Express

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