Air India made 23 emergency landings this year, all at IGI

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Air India made 23 emergency landings this year, all at IGI​

NACIL, which runs Air India, operates close to 110 domestic flights out of Delhi each day

Posted: Mon Sep 06 2010, 04:19 hrs
Updated: Mon Sep 06 2010, 09:13 hrs
New Delhi:

Carrier blames defective Airbus fleet from 1989

Till this June, the country’s national carrier Air India reported 23 emergency landings in the domestic sector, all of them at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. On the other hand, all the other domestic airlines put together reported just six emergency landings, with only one at the Delhi airport.

Amidst all sorts of safety and financial concerns, however, Air India officials say the carrier is struggling with a defective fleet of 30 aircraft—19 of which were released by Airbus in 1989 and the remaining in 1991—which forces the airline to have more ‘precautionary’ landings than younger fleet. The figures have been revealed in response to queries sought by Newsline from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation under the Right to Information Act.

National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL), which runs Air India, operates close to 110 domestic flights out of Delhi each day. With 22 emergency landings out of Delhi till June 30 this year, the figures are less alarming if we consider that every 900 flight operations see a precautionary landing.

Air India made 23 emergency landings this year, all at IGI

 

[SpArK]

Air India desperately needs to upgrade it fleet and act professionally..
Look at kingfisher its been granted one of the top list

http://www.defence.pk/forums/members-club/71694-indias-kingfisher-airlines-worlds-best-airlines-list.html

 

[SpArK]

inspite of all this there is hope

Air India registers 25% growth in revenue from April-July period: report



India Infoline News Service / 10:38 , Sep 06, 2010
The report stated that AI carried 7.1 lakh passengers on its domestic network with a 17.3% market share in July.
Air India has reported a modest growth in revenues besides a significant improvement in seat-factor in the April-July period, according to a report.

The report stated that AI carried 7.1 lakh passengers on its domestic network with a 17.3% market share in July.

The airline clocked a 25.8% growth in revenue at Rs 35.77bn in the first four-months of FY11 against Rs 2,843 crore in the corresponding period of the last fiscal, says report.

Air India registers 25% growth in revenue from April-July period: report

 

[gogbot]

I flew Air India from Hyderabad a 2 years back , their planes aren't so bad.
At least on the inside.

 

[SpArK]

I flew Air India from Hyderabad a 2 years back , their planes aren't so bad.
At least on the inside.

Its says in ur location "the moon".. does AI flies to moon now.??

 

[MAFIAN GOD]

AIR INDIA IS TACKLING WITH THE PROBLEMS LIKE LESS AND OLD AIRCRAFTS,LESS WORKERS,STRIKES OF WORKERS ETC.
AI NEED RE-FORMATION

 

[Tshering22]

AIR INDIA IS TACKLING WITH THE PROBLEMS LIKE LESS AND OLD AIRCRAFTS,LESS WORKERS,STRIKES OF WORKERS ETC.
AI NEED RE-FORMATION

AI needs to realize that their sarkari dodo ways won't work in today's era. Today it is about customer service, excellent management, smart administration and a thinking that is out-of-the-box.

The simple reason AI survived this decade was because government pumps endless money into that dead airline. Put it fairly in a private market competition and AI would be extinct before they could say 'sarkari guarantee'.