AIR-INDIA EXPRESS

'Air-India Express' () is a low-cost airline subsidiary of Air India based in Mumbai, India. It operates services mainly to the Middle East. Its main base is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, with a hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi^[1].

Contents

History

News

Liveries

Destinations

Indian Subcontinent

Gulf Region

South Asia/South East Asia

Fleet

External links

References

See also

History

The airline was established in May 2004 and started operations on April 29, 2005 with a flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Abu Dhabi. Delivery of the first aircraft for Air-India Express took place on 22 February 2005 when a new production Boeing 737-86Q (leased from Boullioun Aviation Services) was handed over. The airline has plans for expansion into Europe and America with the arrival of new aircraft.

News

With the merger of the two major state owned airlines Indian Airlines and Air India it is said that Air India Express subsidiary of Air India will merge with Alliance Air a fully owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines. With the two mergers of Air India and Indian Airlines, their subsidiaries will also merge as well. The Alliance Air fleet will be absorbed into the Air India Express fleet under the same name of Air India Express. Thus, there will be Air India (after Air India-Indian merger, the Airline will still be named Air India), and its subsidiary Air India Express consisting of the whole ex-Indian Airlines/Alliance Air fleet, the Air India fleet, and new aircraft orders.

Liveries

Air India Express liveries

Every aircraft features a different tail design that reflects a part of Indian Culture.

Air India Express liveries

	Registration	Left Tail	Right Tail
1	VT-AXA	Thrissur Pooram elephant	Pushkar Fair camel
2	VT-AXB	Rangoli	Indian Kite
3	VT-AXC	Sitar	Tabla
4	VT-AXD	Nilavilakku (Oil lamp)	Diya (Oil lamp)
5	VT-AXE	Kathakali dancer	Bharatanatyam dancer
6	VT-AXF	Konark Sun Temple	Taj Mahal
7	VT-AXG	Indian jewellery	Saree
8	VT-AXH	India Gate	Gateway of India
9	VT-AXI	Indian art [1]	Indian art [2]
10	VT-AXJ	Red Fort	Red Fort
11	VT-AXM	Mehrangarh Fort	Mysore Palace
12	VT-AXN	Hawa Mahal	Ujjayanta Palace
13	VT-AXP	Indian art [3]	Indian art [4] by Raja Ravi Varma
14	VT-AXQ	Qutub Minar	Jantar Mantar [5]
15	VT-AXR	Snake Boat Race	Kalaripayattu
16	VT-AXT	Peacock	Crane

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Destinations

As evident from the Airline's Website, Air India Express operates to the following destinations at present:

Indian Subcontinent

★ 'India'

★
★ Mumbai (Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport)

★
★ New Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport)

★
★ Kochi (Cochin International Airport)

★
★ Kozhikode (Kozhikode International Airport)

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★ Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum International Airport)

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★ Chennai (Anna International Airport)

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★ Amritsar (Raja Sansi International Airport)

★
★ Mangalore (Mangalore International Airport)

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★ Tiruchirappalli (Tiruchirappalli Airport)

★
★ Pune (Pune Airport)

★
★ Kolkata (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport) w.e.f Oct 07, 2007

Gulf Region

★ 'Oman'

★
★ Muscat (Seeb International Airport)

★
★ Salalah (Salalah Airport)

★ 'United Arab Emirates'

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★ Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi International Airport)

★
★ Dubai (Dubai International Airport)

★
★ Al Ain (Al Ain International Airport)

★
★ Sharjah (Sharjah International Airport)

★ 'Qatar'

★
★ Doha (Doha International Airport)

★ 'Bahrain

★
★ Manama (Bahrain International Airport)

South Asia/South East Asia

★ 'Singapore'

★
★ Singapore (Changi International Airport)

★ 'Sri Lanka'

★
★ Colombo (Bandaranaike International Airport)

★ 'Malaysia'

★
★ Kuala Lampur (KLIA)

★ 'Thailand'

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★ Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi International Airport) w.e.f Oct 07, 2007

Fleet

As of July 2007 the Air India Express fleet includes^[3] :

★ 16 Boeing 737-800

External links

★ Air-India Express

★ Air-India Express Search

★ Air-India Express Fleet

References

1. Directory: World Airlines
2. Flickr - Rick Schlamp
3. Air India

See also

★ Air India