AI Express, SpiceJet and Jet Airways main target operators in India for 737 MAX aircraft: Boeing

New Delhi: Air India Express along with SpiceJet and Jet Airways is one of the three main targets for Boeing in the country as it promotes its new 737 MAX aircraft, which is scheduled to enter commercial operations in 2017.
"SpiceJet, Jet Airways and Air India Express are the three target customers for the new Boeing 737 MAX planes, which already have 737 engines.
"We think this airplane can further enhance (these airlines') profitability," said Dinesh Keskar, Senior Vice- President (Sales, Asia Pacific and India) of Boeing.
The 737 MAX is the latest aircraft from the US-based manufacturer. It comes with winglets that helps reduce fuel consumption by an additional 1.5 per cent.
30/10/13 PTI/Economic Times

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Dubai flight switches over to night slots

Pune: The Pune-Dubai direct flight service of Air India Express has now switched over to the night time slots. The flight's new arrival time from Dubai is 1.30 am and departure time from Pune is 2.30 pm.
"The change in timings is on account of the director general of civil aviation's winter schedule of flights that came into effect from Monday," Air India's Pune station manager Dhairyasheel Vandekar said.
The Air India Express, which is a subsidiary of Air India, had earlier approached the DGCA for a change in the flight timings as part of its strategic business plan.
The Pune-Dubai direct flight was the first international flight service to be launched from the city's Lohegaon airport on December 12, 2005. Initially, the service was operated by the Air India for over a year before it was taken over by the Air India Express.
30/10/13 Vishwas Kothari/Times of India

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Air-India Express adds three more flights to Muscat

Muscat: Air-India Express is rationalising its Oman-India flight routes on the Kerala sector from October 27 to offer more convenient connectivity to passengers, a senior official of airlines in Muscat, told the Times of Oman.The proposed winter schedule from October 27 will now have three extra flights from Kozhikode to Muscat.
"We are raising the number of flights from Muscat to Kozhikode from four to seven. The arrangement will continue with only a brief halt in the months of November and February when the number of passengers is low," he said.
There will be one direct flight to Salalah and another via Kochi, he added. "As for the other routes, the old schedule will continue. The Air India schedule will also remain unchanged," he said.Giving details of the plans for the region, he said that Air India Express will also operate daily flights from Kochi to Dubai.
27/10/13 Rejimon K/Times of Oman

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