ojas From India, joined Mar 2008, 2787 posts, RR: 23 Posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 6074 times:
As many of you might know Air India is in the process of restructuring its operations and yes, they are doing that gradually and there are visible results that are seen and we shall see in the near future. The common code of AI is to be implemented soon however it seems that Air India Express will remain as a separate entity.
1) Aircrafts:-
Air India has phased out most of their A310s and they have phased out the leased B777s (the ones from UA). The A310s at the moment are doing routes to DMM from 5 points in India. As of today the operational fleet of Air India includes the B777-200LR, B777-300ER, B747-400, A330-200, A321, A320, A319, A310. The B744 does only RUH and have been re instated on CCJ/HYD - JED.
Air India will get its first B787 by march next year, which will be deployed on the DEL - HKG route right away.
2) Routes And Network:-
N. America : JFK, EWR, ORD, LHR, CDG, FRA
Middle East: KWI, JED, RUH, DMM, DXB, SHJ, AUH, MCT. AAN, SLL are the destinations covered by Air India Express only.
Rest Of Asia: KBL, KTM, DAC, CMB, SIN, KUL, BKK, HKG, ICN, KIX, NRT, PVG
The above mentioned international destinations are covered by AI/IC.
The following changes are expected in the network:
* FRA hub to be dumped and just have one terminator flight to FRA. LHR - FRA - ORD, FRA - EWR capacities have been zreo'd out.
* EWR, ORD, AMD-BOM-EWR; ATQ-DEL-HYD-DEL-ORD.
* DEL - SFO non stop still on the cards next year, once the hub at DEL is functional.
* The B77W on the BOM - EWR will be able to carry a maximum of 306 pax, while the inbound flight to BOM will have no penalties. DEL - DEL - ORD.
* There are talks about MEL to be re opened from DEL. Also with the B787s coming up , they will be used to replace the A310s as well as open up thin long haul routes.
* Recently BOM - DXB (AI 717/716 )and BOM - SIN have been upgraded to a B77W which is a same plane service.
* Most of AI's international operations have now headed to DEL at the new integrated T3. In a couple of years time DEL should be a major Star Alliance hub.
[Edited 2010-06-09 03:31:36]
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LAXDESI From United States of America, joined May 2005, 5085 posts, RR: 48 Reply 1, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 5997 times:
Quoting ojas (Thread starter): FRA hub to be dumped and just have one terminator flight to FRA. LHR - FRA - ORD, FRA - EWR capacities have been zreo'd out.
ojas From India, joined Mar 2008, 2787 posts, RR: 23 Reply 3, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 5822 times:
Quoting ojas (Thread starter): The B77W on the BOM - EWR will be able to carry a maximum of 306 pax, while the inbound flight to BOM will have no penalties. DEL - DEL - ORD.
This line is to be read as:
The B77W on the BOM - EWR will be able to carry a maximum of 306 pax, while the inbound flight to BOM will have no penalties. DEL - YYZ & DEL- ORD will have only cargo penalties outbound and can operate with full passenger and cargo inbound.
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mk777 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 1186 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 5797 times:
After AI ushers in the B787, i would like to see 3 to 4 weekly flights on the DEL-IAD sector which could originate @ CCU.
That would be a nice addition since IAD is one of the major *A hub.
KLM777300ER From United States of America, joined Apr 2010, 36 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 5720 times:
I too hope AI returns to IAD one day. With the B744s only operating to RUH and CCJ/HYD - JED, does anyone know where AI operated the B744s last summer? I'm curious how drastically they have cut down their B744 operations in the last year.
AirIndia From United Arab Emirates, joined Jan 2001, 1546 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 5084 times:
Quoting ojas (Reply 8): AI was operating an A320 with a technical stop in MCT on the CCJ-DMM and CCJ-RUH route.
The777Man From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 6088 posts, RR: 56 Reply 10, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 4906 times:
Hi Ojas!
Thanks for the info! Great to see AI finally making progress!
azjubilee From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 3556 posts, RR: 30 Reply 12, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 4820 times:
Interesting... BOM is the pits for connections that's for sure, so it only makes sense to use the new T-3 in DEL as a transit point. With that said, it appears they'll only serve EWR in the states from BOM. I guess that's the only nonstop market in the States that would work for them? It's about time AI gets organized.
LAXDESI From United States of America, joined May 2005, 5085 posts, RR: 48 Reply 15, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 4794 times:
Quoting tk747 (Reply 13): Wasn't air India going to open a hub in Milan?
I wonder if AI is dropping the idea of a Euro hub.
Quoting azjubilee (Reply 12): With that said, it appears they'll only serve EWR in the states from BOM. I guess that's the only nonstop market in the States that would work for them? It's about time AI gets organized.
azjubilee From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 3556 posts, RR: 30 Reply 16, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 4791 times:
Ojas - yes, I should have specified... to and from domestic transfers are the pits. As long as you don't have to leave the international terminal, BOM is fine.
LAX - I would have thought BOM would warrant more than EWR. Your example for ORD seems logical, as UA doesn't even serve India anymore.
ojas From India, joined Mar 2008, 2787 posts, RR: 23 Reply 17, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 4771 times:
Quoting LAXDESI (Reply 15): BOM-ORD should work too, with UA feed/codeshare.
Quoting azjubilee (Reply 16): I would have thought BOM would warrant more than EWR. Your example for ORD seems logical, as UA doesn't even serve India anymore.
It is better to have ORD from DEL ... as AI wants to make DEL a mega hub, DEL can offer better connections than BOM.
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LAXDESI From United States of America, joined May 2005, 5085 posts, RR: 48 Reply 18, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 4725 times:
Quoting ojas (Reply 17): It is better to have ORD from DEL ... as AI wants to make DEL a mega hub, DEL can offer better connections than BOM.
DEL mega hub strategy is worth a try. The only concern I have is the possibility of even higher fuel prices in the future. My calculations suggest that beyond $3 a gallon, you need to have much higher yield than one-stop flights to remain profitable. Good luck to AI.
Ojas,
Would you please summarise all of the planned India-NA non-stops and the associated aircraft. Thanks in advance.
azjubilee From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 3556 posts, RR: 30 Reply 19, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4622 times:
DEL may be a better connecting airport, but one cannot forget the roughly 20 million people that live and work in Mumbai. Granted, not all 20 million travel for work and pleasure but being the larger city and having a lot of business ties, one would think AI would serve the O&D market a little better.
azjubilee From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 3556 posts, RR: 30 Reply 21, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4550 times:
Seems odd that they'd serve both EWR and JFK nonstop from BOM. Maybe they should shift the BOM-JFK flight to ORD instead as well as shifting the DEL-JFK flight to EWR. EWR is the logical NY gateway since there is a Star presence with CO.
BOM-EWR, ORD and SFO in some form of combination with their own metal, CO and UA. Also DEL-YYZ, EWR, ORD, IAD and SFO as well. That would all make the most sense at least from a coverage and alliance standpoint.
ba319-131 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 8267 posts, RR: 56 Reply 22, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4530 times:
Quoting ojas (Thread starter): they have phased out the leased B777s (the ones from UA)
IrishAyes From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1731 posts, RR: 5 Reply 23, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 4474 times:
So what will happen to the existing European operations? What will schedules/services look like now for FRA/CDG/LHR-India flights?
Quoting ojas (Reply 4):
EWR, ORD, YYZ are expected to go non stop in the following fashion: AMD-BOM-EWR; ATQ-DEL-YYZ and HYD-DEL-ORD.
This is wonderful news to hear. Both YYZ, ORD, and EWR are Star Alliance hubs. Will Air India offer interline/codesharing with UA/CO/AC on these routes?
Quoting LAXDESI (Reply 18): DEL mega hub strategy is worth a try.
Quoting azjubilee (Reply 19): DEL may be a better connecting airport, but one cannot forget the roughly 20 million people that live and work in Mumbai. Granted, not all 20 million travel for work and pleasure but being the larger city and having a lot of business ties, one would think AI would serve the O&D market a little better.
The new Terminal facilities in DEL are supposed to be state of the art. I hope for DEL that the mega hub strategy works.
gr8circle From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 2987 posts, RR: 4 Reply 24, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 4384 times:
Quoting ba319-131 (Reply 22): Quoting ojas (Thread starter):
they have phased out the leased B777s (the ones from UA)
- Are these stored in DEL/BOM?
Why would they be in India at all...? I think they belonged to some US based leasing company, not to UA.....so, they would have gone back there and maybe on to some new customer or to the desert.....but it would be good to know where they are now......
25 LAXDESI: EK does(has done?) DXB-SFO(7041 nm) with a B773ER. AI should consider using its B773ERs on DEL-SFO(6607 nm) and DEL-LAX(6963 nm). AI's OEW for its 773
26 karan69: Guru, what Airbus and Boeing both quote are figures with full pax and respective luggage assuming the weight per passenger along with bags being 210
27 ba319-131: -Yes, that's is why I asked the question, just interested to know where they were.
29 LAXDESI: I will attempt a simple back of the envelope analysis for DEL-ORD non-stop versus DEL-FRA-ORD--both on 773ER. DEL-ORD non-stop is around 6,500nm, and
30 comorin: LAXDESI, did you compute in the fact that the N/S takes on 38,000 gallons of fuel whereas the 1/S take on 43,000/2 gallons of fuel at start of journey
31 VIDP: Sorry to nitpick but cargo potential on each flight would vary depending upon how much load and passenger the flight is carrying. Passenger baggage i
32 LAXDESI: I am assuming that the one-stop would refuel at FRA, and therefore can carry more structural payload than the non-stop. I don't dispute anything you
33 karan69: LAXDESI keep in mind that Air Indias flights to ORD barely get any passengers originating from Germany as the Flights depart from FRA to early to ena
34 IrishAyes: 9W tried this strategy flying BOM-PVG-SFO and it failed. Not exactly sure why, but it makes me hesitant to believe AI would want to venture that way
35 karan69: The failure for 9Ws route to SFO was not entirely global recession that may have at most caused them to cut back from daily to 4x weekly, The failure
36 vin2basketball: Here's How AI should approach their new routes. If I were starting them from scratch internationally. They have by my count 9x 77W 8x 77L 6x 744 6x 31
37 The777Man: I disagree; they should not get any more A330s. AI should wait with expansion until they get their DEL hub up and running and by that time, they will
38 karan69: (checkmark) First let them implement their own planned hub and spoke system and maximise aircraft utilisation Karan
39 ojas: Air India is on a massive re structuring spree. All old aircrafts will be replaced by new ones with new inflight product. Here are few points to elabo
40 ronerone: AI as well as IX fly to AUH I just saw AI's A321 at AUH this morning.
41 ojas: There was a full stop after MCT. AAN, SLL are the 2 destinations served by AIX only!
42 IndianicWorld: Is there seriously that much demand for that many flight additions, plus its other Indian competitors flights and there Golf carriers flights too? Th
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