Mrniji From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (9 years 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1318 times:
I just read an article in the Hindu Businessline that Alliance Air (CD), the subsidy of Indian Airlines (IC) will get A319 as replacements for the 732s
But one thing is not clear to me: Why did IC have to found a subsidy? Tax? Or something to to with the average fleet age (i.e. "phasing out the old 732 to a quasi-external company")?
Are there any plans / would it make sense to "remerge" them (since all CD's have IC Flight numbers), now that the 732s are phased out slowly? Can one actually book tickets with CD (everyone I know had a IC Ticket tith a 7xxx flight number, no one actually had an alliance air ticket with CD flight number)...
I just don't understand the logic and objectives and hope that someone can explain me!
Thanks!!
Mrniji From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (9 years 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1298 times:
I think that Alliance maybe a Lcc for I.C.
Definitely not. On some routes, both operate with same prices (as far I can recall now, can anyone confirm). Only different equipment (CD always 732, ic 320 or 300)
WindowSeat From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1307 posts, RR: 59 Reply 4, posted (9 years 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1278 times:
Hey soaring adi, you don't have to be sorry, it was just a hunch, right?
anyway, mrniji, I've wondered that myself. They had the old 732s from IC anyway, so why seperate them. Perhaps someone else knows.
btw, is your e mail not working, I e mailed you back and the mail was returned.
cheers
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DIJKKIJK From France, joined Jul 2003, 1670 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (9 years 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1221 times:
During my travels in India, I was told the following story by a co passenger of mine who happened to be working for IC.
The Government of India liberalized its civil aviation policy in the 1980s, allowing private people to start airlines. Many Airlines , notably East west, Dhamania, Jet air and Modiluft started operations, all flying B737-200s.
The idea behind these airlines going for B737-200s was that they could "poach" trained engineers and pilots from IC by offering higher salaries.
Many of these people therefore, lured by the higher pay, quit IC and joined these private airlines.
Soon these private airlines realized the difficulties of operating in India's (then) rather limited domestic market and ran into losses. All of them (wth the exception of Jet Airways) soon closed down. The pilots and engineers who had joined these carriers were out of jobs.
The Government of India (in a rather nice gesture) then decided to save the careers of these people by starting a new airline and hiring them. Alliance air thus came into being.
Maybe the better informed Indians here can confirm this.
Never argue with idiots. They will bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience.
Mrniji From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (9 years 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1194 times:
Thanks, DIJKKIJK... sounds interesting and logical, the story. Still I guess there to be even some other reasons behind, too (since the years have proceeded). I was only wondering when, as you say,
The Government of India (in a rather nice gesture) then decided to save the careers of these people by starting a new airline and hiring them. Alliance air thus came into being
why IC did not 're-hire' the stuff under its own flagg, i.e. wht had the GOI found a 'new' Airline? Would that have made big difference than building a completely new airline?
Then: does IC benefit of CD's existence or does it make loss??
Waiting courisouly for reply, since I just don't really get the logic behind CD. Thanks to you, DIJKKIJK!
DIJKKIJK From France, joined Jul 2003, 1670 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (9 years 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1180 times:
"why IC did not 're-hire' the stuff under its own flagg, i.e. wht had the GOI found a 'new' Airline? Would that have made big difference than building a completely new airline?"
I think it had something to do with the fact that these pilots/engineers had actually quit IC and so they couldn't be taken back. They would either have to be taken in the juniormost position, which would be doing them injustice as they had actually served the airline for many years before quitting. The other option would have been to take them back in the same positions that they were in before they quit, which would have been doing injustice to the non-quitters who were more faithful to the airline.
Just my thoughts, I really would like that story confirmed , though.
Never argue with idiots. They will bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience.
Flyhigh@tom From India, joined Sep 2001, 337 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (9 years 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1076 times:
Well i too have heard the same story from one of the IC engineers. When most of the private airlines closed down, the pilots were jobless and ofcourse the pilots union of IC would naturally resist if the "unfaithful" pilots were taken into the folds of IC again in the same rank and pay scale !!!
Regarding the pay parity btw IC and CD...hmmm, for the CD folks it was take it or leave it right ?!...and they get to operate equipment that is as old as...well leave it, i guess there is nothing newer than a B732 in CD!
By the way IC is NOT an All Airbus fleet, there still remains a B732 in IC colors. Saw it myself in MAA (Chennai) a couple of months back...hmm wonder if that is because the pilots of that plane remained loyal to IC and so were not shifted to CD
Flyhigh@tom From India, joined Sep 2001, 337 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (9 years 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1061 times:
hmmm...good question...i have to accept that i do NOT know if the IC 732 was operating for IC or CD...i was in the international terminal viewing gallery taking shots of the a/cs at the gates when i saw this particular a/c. Pity though...at that time i ran out of memory on my Digi. :-(
Well CD was formed a looong time back. Would they still have an aircraft in IC colors?
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and so were not shifted to CD 
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