AI plans to sell 6 Boeing freighters

Mumbai: National air carrier Air India plans to sell its six Boeing freighters with indications that the airline may shelve its plans to spin off its cargo business into a separate subsidiary.
“We are looking at selling out our six Boeing 737-200 freighters as the plans to have a dedicated cargo business through a subsidiary is unlikely to take off now,” Air India sources said here.
Air India will be inviting tenders from interested companies to phase out these aircraft, sources said. Besides, the airline has already put on sale its four A-310 freighters, they said.
The six Boeing 737-200 freighters belong to the erstwhile Indian Airlines and were converted into cargo planes from passenger aircraft in 2007, as the airline had plans to launch a dedicated domestic cargo service using Nagpur as its hub.
27/09/10 PTI/Economic Times

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