Air India's wholly owned subsidiary Alliance Air will soon get a fleet of eight new state-of-the-art ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft from ATR of France.
"The decision has been taken and we have finalised plans of replacing our old ATR-42 aircraft which are 18-19 years old with new ATR 72 models," Rohit Nandan, chairman and managing director of Air India, told media.
"We are hopeful that the new aircraft will give us fuel advantage in the sectors where we operate them."
Initially five new ATR 72-600 aircraft will be inducted in the fleet followed by three more new ATR 72-600.
The advanced ATR was chosen after the national carrier scouted for a proper aircraft that can fly on its existing regional networks in the northeast, Agatti in the south, Kullu, Dharamshala, in the north, as well as to those other tier II and III cities where air connectivity is to be provided in the near future.
01/12/14 SME Times
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"The decision has been taken and we have finalised plans of replacing our old ATR-42 aircraft which are 18-19 years old with new ATR 72 models," Rohit Nandan, chairman and managing director of Air India, told media.
"We are hopeful that the new aircraft will give us fuel advantage in the sectors where we operate them."
Initially five new ATR 72-600 aircraft will be inducted in the fleet followed by three more new ATR 72-600.
The advanced ATR was chosen after the national carrier scouted for a proper aircraft that can fly on its existing regional networks in the northeast, Agatti in the south, Kullu, Dharamshala, in the north, as well as to those other tier II and III cities where air connectivity is to be provided in the near future.
01/12/14 SME Times
