New Delhi : This may be the last extension of services by state-owned Air India before transiting to Air India Tata Group And then the big bang expansion. Maharaja will be adding his hugely popular US nonstop starting next month: uncle Sam Reopened on 8 November for fully vaccinated foreign travelers.
It currently has 23 weekly flights to the US. “We are adding three more weekly flights between Mumbai and Newark from the second week of November. We are waiting for normal flight operation clearances from US airports. So AI will have 26 weekly flights, a number that may be too high. We could have had more Boeing 777s available and many of them were not down with maintenance issues,” officials said, adding that nine of the 16 B777s are currently available for operation.
The acute lack of funds has caused many AI aircraft to be grounded due to additional issues. It will be important for them to lift existing fleets, or new leased aircraft, into the air to mount more flights. Bye To cash in on the travel reopening. An airline insider said AI is looking forward to “achche din” with the Tata acquisition. “Hopefully with Tata coming on board, our days of slow/no/bad decision making will be over. Since taking a PSU decision is too slow because of the clearances required. Private airline owners have to take planes in pre-pandemic times. Known for ordering SMS during board meetings,” said an insider.
AI is the largest operator nonstop between India and the US, followed by United. American Airlines is starting flights here this week. Delta has not yet indicated when it will resume flights to India.
Before the second wave this summer, AI had about 40 weekly US nonstops. That number dropped to about 10 at the peak of the second wave, and the numbers began to rise with the student admissions season this fall.
One pilot said, “AI for America offers double baggage allowance in nonstop economy class. Where they lack, it is the onboard passenger experience. Deal with it and Tata has a winner on hand.”
It currently has 23 weekly flights to the US. “We are adding three more weekly flights between Mumbai and Newark from the second week of November. We are waiting for normal flight operation clearances from US airports. So AI will have 26 weekly flights, a number that may be too high. We could have had more Boeing 777s available and many of them were not down with maintenance issues,” officials said, adding that nine of the 16 B777s are currently available for operation.
The acute lack of funds has caused many AI aircraft to be grounded due to additional issues. It will be important for them to lift existing fleets, or new leased aircraft, into the air to mount more flights. Bye To cash in on the travel reopening. An airline insider said AI is looking forward to “achche din” with the Tata acquisition. “Hopefully with Tata coming on board, our days of slow/no/bad decision making will be over. Since taking a PSU decision is too slow because of the clearances required. Private airline owners have to take planes in pre-pandemic times. Known for ordering SMS during board meetings,” said an insider.
AI is the largest operator nonstop between India and the US, followed by United. American Airlines is starting flights here this week. Delta has not yet indicated when it will resume flights to India.
Before the second wave this summer, AI had about 40 weekly US nonstops. That number dropped to about 10 at the peak of the second wave, and the numbers began to rise with the student admissions season this fall.
One pilot said, “AI for America offers double baggage allowance in nonstop economy class. Where they lack, it is the onboard passenger experience. Deal with it and Tata has a winner on hand.”
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