Alliance Air (India)
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Founded | 1996 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 15 April 1996 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Flying returns | ||||||
Alliance | Star Alliance (affiliate) | ||||||
Fleet size | 20 | ||||||
Destinations | 48 | ||||||
Parent company | Air India Limited | ||||||
Headquarters | Delhi, India | ||||||
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Revenue | ₹1,182 crore (US$160 million) (FY 2019-20) | ||||||
Operating income | ₹65.09 crore (US$8.6 million) (FY 2019-20) | ||||||
Profit | ₹−201 crore (US$−27 million) (FY 2019-20) | ||||||
Total equity | ₹402.25 crore (US$53 million) (FY 2019-20) | ||||||
Employees | 857 (as of 31 December 2020) | ||||||
Website | airindia |
Alliance Air (formerly Air India Regional), is a subsidiary of the Air India Limited. It was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Indian Airlines (later merged with Air India Limited in 2007) and mainly operates domestic routes as part of the government's Regional Connectivity Scheme. Currently this airline has stopped concentrating in UDAN scheme by Government of India after privatisation of its parent entity Air India Limited
History[]
Alliance Air was founded in April 1996 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines (merged with Air India in 2011).[3][4] The parent company wished to make better use of its Boeing 737 fleet, so it wet-leased 12 of these aircraft to Alliance Air.[5] The subsidiary operated its first flight on 15 April 1996. Alliance Air served as a low-cost feeder airline for Indian Airlines, providing connections to the latter's hubs from various smaller cities across the country. In 2002 the airline was offering flights to 44 destinations in India utilizing a fleet of 11 Boeing 737-200s.[3] On 1 April 1997, Vayudoot Airlines, a joint venture of Air India and Indian Airlines Merged with Alliance Air to serve the regional air routes of Northeast India and several other parts of India.
Alliance Air began operating its first scheduled international flight from Chennai to Jaffna on 11 November 2019.[6] Alliance Air announced it had recorded an operating profit for the first in its history during the 2020-21 fiscal year. The airline made an operating profit of ₹65.09 crore (US$8.6 million), but still ended the period with a net loss of ₹201 crore (US$27 million). The airline stated that it had adopted the new IND AS 116 accounting standard, and would have actually recorded a net profit ₹37 crore (US$4.9 million) under the previous standard.[7]
Alliance Air's parent company, Air India Limited, was sold to Tata Sons on 8 October 2021.[8][9] Alliance Air was not a part of the deal, and was instead transferred to Air India Asset Holdings Pvt Ltd (AIAHL), a state-owned special purpose vehicle that holds Air India's remaining assets and liabilities. The Economic Times reported that the government also intended to sell Alliance Air and use the proceeds to pay down AIAHL's debt.[10] Alliance Air was valued at around ₹2,000 crore (US$270 million).[11]
Destinations[]
Alliance Air operates to 52 destinations in India as of October 2021. It operates regional services in India through its hubs in Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.[12] The airline started its first international flight from Chennai to Jaffna on 11 November 2019 but temporarily had to halt operations from Chennai due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fleet[]
An Air India Regional ATR 72 taxiing
An ATR 72-600 belonging to Alliance Air, parked at Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore
Alliance Air operates the following aircraft as of November 2021:[13][14][15]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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ATR 72-600 | 18 | – | 70 | – |
HAL Do-228 | 2 | – | 19 | – |
Total | 20 | – | – |
Former fleet[]
- Boeing 737-200[3]
- Bombardier CRJ700[16]
- ATR 42[16]
See also[]
- Air India Limited
- Air India
- Air India Express
- Air India Cargo
- Air India Air Transport Services
- Indian Airlines
References[]
- ^ a b "Alliance Air (India)". ch-aviation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "JO 7340.2G Contractions" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 January 2017. p. 3-1-17. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "Alliance Air" (PDF). Flight International. March 2002. p. 71. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "What Happened To Indian Airlines?". Simple Flying. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Haridas, Neena (17 July 2000). "Plane had met with an accident before". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ Nov 4, V. Ayyappan / TNN /. "Alliance Air to start Chennai- Jaffna commercial flights on Nov 11 | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Mishra, Mihir. "Alliance Air reports operating profit for the first time in FY20; net loss at Rs 201 crore". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Air India: Struggling national carrier sold to Tata Sons". BBC News. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Air India acquisition: What Tatas will get - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Another smaller government-owned airline to go under hammer". Times Now. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Mishra, Mihir. "After Air India, government set to sell Alliance Air under asset-disposal programme". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Alliance Air". Air India. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. November 2019: 16.
- ^ "Fleet Details". Air India. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Please refresh this page". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ a b "India's Alliance Air ends CRJ-700 operations". ch-aviation. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
External links[]
- Air India
- Companies based in Mumbai
- Airlines established in 1996
- Airlines of India
- Indian companies established in 1996
- Star Alliance affiliate members
- 1996 establishments in Delhi