Alliance Air (India)

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Alliance Air
Alliance Air logo 2017.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
9I[1] LLR[1] ALLIED[2]
Founded1996; 25 years ago (1996)
Commenced operations15 April 1996; 25 years ago (1996-04-15)
Hubs
Frequent-flyer programFlying returns
AllianceStar Alliance (affiliate)
Fleet size20
Destinations48
Parent companyAir India Limited
HeadquartersDelhi, India
Key people
  • Rajiv Bansal, CMD
  • Vineet Sood, CEO, CVO
RevenueIncrease1,182 crore (US$160 million) (FY 2019-20)
Operating incomeIncrease65.09 crore (US$8.6 million) (FY 2019-20)
ProfitDecrease−201 crore (US$−27 million) (FY 2019-20)
Total equitySteady402.25 crore (US$53 million) (FY 2019-20)
Employees857 (as of 31 December 2020)
Websiteairindia.in/alliance-air.htm

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[]

Alliance Air operates the following aircraft as of November 2021:[13][14][15]

Alliance Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 72-600 18 70
HAL Do-228 2 19
Total 20

Former fleet[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Alliance Air (India)". ch-aviation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "JO 7340.2G Contractions" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 January 2017. p. 3-1-17. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Alliance Air" (PDF). Flight International. March 2002. p. 71. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. ^ "What Happened To Indian Airlines?". Simple Flying. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. ^ Haridas, Neena (17 July 2000). "Plane had met with an accident before". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Air India: Struggling national carrier sold to Tata Sons". BBC News. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Air India acquisition: What Tatas will get - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Another smaller government-owned airline to go under hammer". Times Now. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  11. ^ Mishra, Mihir. "After Air India, government set to sell Alliance Air under asset-disposal programme". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Alliance Air". Air India. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. November 2019: 16.
  14. ^ "Fleet Details". Air India. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Please refresh this page". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  16. ^ a b "India's Alliance Air ends CRJ-700 operations". ch-aviation. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

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