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AI to acquire 28 new aircraft
New Delhi, Nov 08: The Air India board today gave its nod to acquire 28 new aircraft as part of fleet expansion and the acquisition at a cost of about Rs 10,000 crore.
New Delhi, Nov 08: The Air India board today gave its nod to acquire 28 new aircraft as part of fleet expansion and the acquisition at a cost of about Rs 10,000 crore.
As per the plan, approved by the board, chaired by Civil Aviation Secretary and chairman K Roy Paul, Air India would acquire 10 long range and 18 short range aircraft, AI`s director public relations Jeetendra Bhargava told reporters after the meeting here.
The long range aircraft are airbus 340 while the 18 others are Boeing 737-800, he said adding that new craft would be powered by CFM engines.
The corporation would send its fleet acquisition plan, approved after consideration of the report of the in-house techno-economic negotiating committee headed by its director operations Capt N K Hathi by the full board, to Ministry of Civil Aviation. The new aircraft would be acquired over a period of five year and would replace the 14 existing ones that the corporation has taken on dry lease. These include eleven airbus 310 and three Boeing 747-200.
The board also decided to extend its ongoing VRS from non-operational staffers to those in operational areas (including pilots and engineers), Bhargava, who also holds the charge of HRD, said.
AI has a total strength of 15,650 employees including about 6000 in the operational area, and the existing VRS has been accepted by 250 staffers since February 2003.
Bureau Report
The long range aircraft are airbus 340 while the 18 others are Boeing 737-800, he said adding that new craft would be powered by CFM engines.
The corporation would send its fleet acquisition plan, approved after consideration of the report of the in-house techno-economic negotiating committee headed by its director operations Capt N K Hathi by the full board, to Ministry of Civil Aviation. The new aircraft would be acquired over a period of five year and would replace the 14 existing ones that the corporation has taken on dry lease. These include eleven airbus 310 and three Boeing 747-200.
The board also decided to extend its ongoing VRS from non-operational staffers to those in operational areas (including pilots and engineers), Bhargava, who also holds the charge of HRD, said.
AI has a total strength of 15,650 employees including about 6000 in the operational area, and the existing VRS has been accepted by 250 staffers since February 2003.
Bureau Report