Alliance Air (India)
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| Founded | 1996 (as Alliance Air) | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Flying returns | ||||||
| Alliance | Star Alliance (affiliate) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
| Destinations | 25 | ||||||
| Parent company | Air India Limited | ||||||
| Headquarters | Delhi | ||||||
| Key people | Ashwini Lohani, CMD | ||||||
| Website | www.airindia.in/alliance-air | ||||||
Air India Regional is an Indian airline which was started as a low-cost arm of Indian Airlines as Alliance Air. As part of Indian's merger with Air India, it was renamed Air India Regional.[1] It operates 170 weekly flights to 25 domestic destinations as a subsidiary of Air India.[2]
History
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The airline was established on 1 April 1996 and started operations on 21 June 1996. It was wholly owned by Indian. The airline was renamed Air India Regional in the merger between Air India and Indian Airlines.
Destinations
The airline serves Tier II and Tier III cities via the hubs of Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.
Fleet
As of August 2024, Air India Regional Fleet Consists of the following Aircraft Families (All aircraft are dry leased).[3]
| Aircraft | In Service | Passengers (Economy) |
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| ATR 72-600 | 8 | 70 | leased (8 more to be leased from Elix till march 2017) | |||
| ATR 42-320 | 4 | 48 | leased | |||
| Bombardier CRJ700 | 3 | 70 | leased | |||
| Total | 15 | |||||
Incidents
- On 29 July 1998, 9 people were killed (6 on board and 3 on the ground) when Alliance Air Flight VT-EJW from Kochi to Agatti Aerodrome crashed into the Component Repair Shop (CRS) building in the Naval Aircraft Yard in Kochi in Kerala, India.
- On 17 July 2000, Alliance Air Flight 7412 a Boeing 737-2A8/Adv (registered VT-EGD) crashed near the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport in Bihar, India killing 60 people.
See also
- Air India Limited
- Air India
- Air India Express
- Air India Cargo
- Air India Air Transport Services
- Indian
References
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 73.
- ^ "Alliance Air destinations". Alliance Air- Air India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Fleet Details". Air India. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
