Air India

Air India is the flag carrier airline of India, headquartered at New Delhi. It is
owned by Air India Limited, a government-owned enterprise, and operates a
fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft .

The airline has its head quaters at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi,
alongside several focus cities across India. Air India is the largest international carrier
out of India with an 18.6% market share.
Over 60 international destinations are served by Air India across four continents. The
airline became the 27th member of Star Alliance on 11 July 2014.
History
The airline was founded by J. R. D. Tata as Tata Airlines in 1932; Tata himself flew
its first single-engine de Havilland Puss Moth, carrying air mail from Karachi to
Bombay's Juhu aerodrome and later continuing to Madras (currently Chennai).
After World War II, it became a public limited company and was renamed as Air
India. On 21 February 1960, it took delivery of its first Boeing 707 named Gauri
Shankar and became the first Asian airline to induct a jet aircraft in its fleet. In 2000–
01, attempts were made to privatise Air India and from 2006 onwards, it suffered
losses after its merger with Indian Airlines.
Air India also operates flights to domestic and Asian destinations through its
subsidiaries Alliance Air and Air India Express.
Logo
The logo of the new airline is a red coloured flying swan with the 'Konark Chakra' in
orange, placed inside it. The flying swan has been morphed from Air India's
characteristic logo, 'The Centaur', whereas the 'Konark Chakra' is reminiscent of
Indian's logo".

The new logo features prominently on the tail of the aircraft. While the aircraft is
ivory in colour, the base retains the red streak of Air India. Running parallel to each
other are the orange and red speed lines from front door to the rear door, subtly
signifying the individual identities merged into one. The brand name 'Air India' runs
across the tail of the aircraft.
Mascot
Air India's mascot is the Maharajah (high king).It was created by Bobby Kooka, the
then-commercial director of Air India, and Umesh Rao, an artist with J. Walter
Thompson Limited in 1946. Kooka stated that, Air India adopted the Maharajah as
its mascot in 1946. It was used in promoting it although initially designed only for the
airline's memo-pads.
The Maharajah began merely as a rich Indian potentate, symbolizing graciousness and
high living. And somewhere along the line his creators gave him a distinctive
personality: his outsized moustache, the striped turban and his aquiline nose.
He has completed 56 years and become the most recognizable mascot the world over.
His antics, his expressions, his puns have allowed Air India to promote it's services
with a unique panache and an unmatched sense of subtle humour. In fact he has won
numerous national and international awards for Air India for humour and originality
in publicity.The Maharajah was given a makeover in 2015 and the brand is
represented by a younger version.
The new version Is being welcomed by a new and younger version of the mascot, sans
turban with spiky hair, wearing jeans and sneak .. kers. While the trademark twirling
moustache remains, even t ..that’s been cut down to size.
In his first meeting with aviation ministry heads on June 212014 — less than a month
after taking office — Prime Ministe Narendra Modi had said that the aam aadmi must
replace the M .. the Maharajah as the mascot of Indian aviation.It came on the back of
his emphasis that the ministry formul .. formulating policies to make flying within the
reach of the common man and not just limited to the rich
To the people the Maharajah with his inimitable style, charm and wit is a very real
person. He's almost like a friend to every Air India traveller. A friend who reaches out
with warmth and hospitality, even to the farthest corners of the world
Star Alliance
Star Alliance is one of the world's largest global airline alliances. Founded on 14 May
1997, its current CEO is Jeffrey Goh and its headquarters is located in Frankfurt am
Main, Germany.
Air India passengers will enjoy enormous benefits, including seamless transfers while
travelling across the world, more frequent flyer mileage points, code sharing leading
to a wider choice of flights and access to facilities at over 1000 lounges worldwide
.
The Alliance offers passengers a choice of Silver or Gold Status benefits across the
alliance relevant to the passengers frequent flyer tier level. The traveler’s status is
recognized around the world throughout the Star Alliance network at all member
airlines. Passengers automatically get the alliance benefits on travelling on the
member airline also ensuring more mileage points at the same time.

Whenever a member of the frequent flyer programme travels on any of the Star
Alliance member airlines and flies with another member airline he can earn and
redeem miles or points on one frequent flyer programme.
Board of directors
Mr. Pradeep Singh Kharola has served as a Non-Executive Director since January 30,
2018 at Air Mauritius Ltd. Mr. Pradeep Singh Kharola served as a Director at
Karnataka Power Transmission Corp., Ltd. He was Chairman and Managing Director
of Air India Ltd. since December 12, 2017 until March 2019. Mr. Kharola has been
Managing Director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. since August 12, 2013.
He is Chairman of Air India Express Ltd. since December 2017. Mr. Kharola .
Before that
Board of directors
Shri ashwani lohani
Chairman and managing director,
Air india ltd.
Achievement - from 2015 - 2017 , in mr lohani"S supervision improved its image and
made a quantum improvement in passenger services and added many international
and national flights

2015- irsme official ashwani lohani was today appointed as chairman and managing
director (cmd) of national carrier air india ltd for three years.
Previously he was working as managing director of madhya pradesh tourism
development corporation in bhopal.

Ceo
Krishnamurthi Shyamsundar 2014
Excective director commercial 2013-2014
General manager , revenue affairs 2012-2013
General manger marketing
2008-2012
Country manager uae
2003-2006

Shri Satyendra Kumar Mishra

Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Civil Aviation

Shri Vinod Hejmadi

Director - Finance, before s venkat 2015
Air India Ltd.
Mr. Vinod S. Hejmadi has been Director of Finance at Air India Limited since
November 1, 2015. Mr. Hejmadi served as General Manager for Finance at Air India
Limited until October 31, 2015. Mr. Hejmadi has been Director of Air India Express
Ltd. since August 07, 2017. He has been a Director of Air India Limited since
November 1, 2015.

Expansions
Air India currently operates double daily Delhi – London Heathrow, one daily
Mumbai – London Heathrow, four times weekly Ahmedabad – London Heathrow and
3 times weekly Bengaluru – London Heathrow flights.
Air India also operates 7 weekly flights to Birmingham (split between Delhi &
Amritsar). Currently, Amritsar – Birmingham flights are suspended till June 2019 due
to Pakistan airspace closure. But back in January 2019 as well, we knew Air India is
planning a big expansion.

In the Summer Season 2019 report, it was confirmed that Air India has managed to
secure 62 departure slots for the entire season up from the 56 slots it held earlier. So,
Air India has additional slots to operate 3 weekly flights to London Heathrow this
summer.

And judging by the slot timing graph, it is clear that Air India has secured slots for 3
weekly 20:20 (19:20 adjusted to 20:20 due to Summertime) arrival and 22:05 (21:05
adjusted to 22:05 due to Summertime) departure from Heathrow.

Air India does have spare 787s which it can use to operate additional flights from
either Amritsar or Bengaluru or Newark. Plus they reduced flights to Copenhagen,
Madrid and Birmingham this summer so their fleet utilisation has
dipped further. I guess the never-ending delay in the opening of Pakistan Airspace is
playing a spoil-sport

2017
The Air India board has approved a proposal seeking to induct the wide-bodied
Boeing 787-9 aircraft in the fleet as it plans to expand operations to the US besides
launching services to Canada..

Air India’s integration into Star Alliance in 2014, along with the addition of the
fuel-efficient 787 Dreamliner, has greatly facilitated its international expansion over
the past four years.
Since 2013, Air India has added or resumed services to Sydney, Melbourne,
Birmingham, Milan, Rome, Moscow, Madrid, Newark, San Francisco and Vienna.
Washington Dulles will resume on July 7th and the remaining destinations, listed
above, are expected to follow later this year.

Air India has also been motivated to expand in the U.S. following an electronics ban,
issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in March 2017, which prohibits
travelers flying from a specified group of countries (United Arab Emirates, Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Kuwait) from carrying devices
larger than a smartphone in carryon luggage

Air India to Increase the Number of Flights to Dubai from Early June
From June 1, AI will offer 3,500 more seats per week on Mumb .. dubai -mumbai
route and from a day later it will augment capacity by .. by the same number on the
Delhi-Dubai-Delhi route by adding .. a daily direct on those routes using a the Boeing
787 dreamliner .

Achievments

Outstanding Effort and Commitment given in Support of ZERO ACCIDENT at

BOMBAY STATION for the year 2017"

2008

Commencing operations with three leased aircraft, Air India Express (AIE) says it
now operates a fleet of 18 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the most technologically advanced
single-aisle jet aircraft. It aims at operating a fleet of 25 aircraft by the end of 2009.

Compared to about 500,000 passengers carried in its inaugural year, AIE said it has
ferried 1.8 million passengers during the fiscal, ending March 2008.

2017
Air India has claimed that it had world's first passenger journey around the world with
an all-women crew last week

Awards and recognition

AWARDS- India's Leading Airline 2012

Asia's Leading Airline - Economy Class 2011

India's Leading Airline 2011

Asia's Leading Airline - Economy Class 2010

India's Leading Airline 2010

India's Leading Airline 2008

National carrier Air India has received the IATA Environmental Assessment
Certificate for (IEnvA) for adopting IATA international standards and best practices
to save the environment.Air India is the first airline in the country to have been
awarded with such certification, a release said 2015

Air India has been recognised for its efforts in environment protection and quality
management and has been awarded the National Environment Health & Safety C
ongress Awards 2017. Air India was also winner for Best Environment, Health &
Safety Company of the year 2017.

Csr activities 2017-2018

ENCOURAGEMENT/ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIAL UNITS

The Company continued to support the MSME Units / Social Welfare/ Charitable
Organizations. The procurement from MSME Units and the selective sourcing /
procurement from social / charitable organisations amounted to Rs.692.10 Million
during the year.

7. ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

8. Environment Management System As a part of Air India's vision to be the most

environmentally effective international airline in the world:

9. l Green Week was celebrated from 5 - 10 June 2017. The Green Week was based
on UNEP theme for World Environment Day 2017 "Connect with Nature". The Green
Week was launched on World Environment Day - 5th June 2017 by signing of an
Environment Pledge Banner stating Air India's Commitment towards Corporate
Social Responsibility and Environment Sustainability, by the CMD. This was
followed by the launch of Air India's commitment towards implementation of
Environment Management System using ISO 14001:201

10. 5. l A tree plantation programme was carried out on 30th and 31st October 2017
and 80 trees of 18 different native species were planted. l World Water Day was
celebrated on 22nd March 2018 by conducting awareness campaign for saving water,
reduce usage and eliminate wastage of water. Air India also participated in the Earth
Hour Programme on 24th March 2018.

11. Air India has been recognised for its efforts in environment protection and
quality management and has been awarded the National Environment Health & Safety
C ongress Awards 2017. Air India was also winner for Best Environment, Health &
Safety Company of the year 2017. Air India reported Carbon Footprint of 1.00 CO
tonnes per thousand RTKM (Revenue Tonne Kilo Metres) 2 for 2017 as compared to
1.01 CO tonnes per thousand RTKM for the year 2016.
12. Air India’s, Fuel 2 ef ciency has improved by 1.03% in 2017 as compared to
2016 by utilising Fuel ef cient aircraft and implementation of Fuel ef ciency
measures and better load factors. EU-ETS Air India was audited by M/s Verifavia, an
EU accredited veri er for emissions due to European ights under the European
Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) in March 2018. Air India successfully
met the audit requirements which covered EMS, Flight Operations, Engineering and
Finance Departments, submitted its Emissions Report and surrendered the Carbon
credits due to emissions from intra-Europe ights before the deadline of 30th April
2018. Air India is now fully compliant with EU-ETS Emissions Regulations.
Sustainable Method for Management of Green Waste at Air India Old Airport

13. Since last two years, Air India is converting green waster (garden waste) into
organic manure by vermi compost process. Till date, Air India processed and
converted green waste of almost more than 1000kg and utilised for existing gardens,
lawns, palms / trees, etc as manure. Approximately 1600kg of garden waste was
cleaned and lled in the units for composting. This process will generate 384kg of
CO 2 emissions whereas if the same amount of waste is disposed by land ll /
dumping method, then 1548 kg of CO emissions is generated. 2

Background of Air India

 Air India: Air India, formerly named Tata Airlines was founded by JRD
Tata. It was renamed as Air India, primarily operating on international
routes in 1946.
 Indian Airlines: Indian Airlines was a major Indian airline based in Delhi
and focused primarily on domestic routes, along with several international
services to neighbouring countries in Asia. It was administered by the
Ministry of Civil Aviation.
 Air India merged with the erstwhile Indian Airlines in 2007 based on
the recommendations of Justice Dharmadhikari committee report.
 As part of the merger process, a new company called the National
Aviation Company of India Limited (now called Air India Limited) was
established, into which both Air India and Indian Airlines would be
merged.

Air India-Indian Airlines Merger: A failed

one?
AI and Indian Airlines had been running profitably till 2005–06. However,
their future had already been compromised by then. It is commented that the
merger of Air India with Indian Airlines has created woes due to lack of
effective leadership and erroneous government policies.

Why was it not successful

 Immense competition from private and low-cost airlines.

 Increased cost pressures due to the acquisition of additional aircraft
Leadership crisis due to frequent change of the chairman- cum-managing
director.
 Air India could not fully use the bilateral rights, unlike foreign airlines
which took maximum advantage. So it was decided to go for the merger.
 Declining passenger traffic in the premium class.

AIr india scandal 2016

An investigation by Zee News (sister concern of dna) has thrown new light into
the bribe and bid rigging scandal involving former civil aviation minister Praful
Patel and a contract for Air India’s facial recognition software with Canadian
firm Cryptometrics. The Ontario court in Canada in 2014 convicted
India-born Candian businessman Nazir Karagir for offering bribes to Air India
officials and Patel to win the contract worth US$ 100 million. Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh in 2012 cleared Patel’s name after examining the matter at
the minister’s behest.

Debt 29000 crorrre

In 2018 , they decided to sell 74% of the shares of air india but their was not even
single buyer

Now again they are going to sell 100% stake

he airline’s poor financial situation is what makes it largely unappealing. The

airline had a debt burden of around ₹48,781 crore as of March 2017, which
poses a huge financial risk to a buyer.
To address this issue, the government has offered to transfer about a third of
the debt to a special purpose entity. But a buyer will still have to assume
responsibility for debt worth ₹33,392 crore after acquisition – still a
significant burden for many. The total current and non-current liabilities of
IndiGo, the market leader in terms of domestic market share, for instance,
add up to only around ₹14,000 crore.

Apart from the huge debt burden, Air India has also been losing money for

over a decade, with accumulated losses of ₹46,805 crore. In 2016-17, the

airline suffered a net loss of ₹5,765 crore. A major reason behind its huge
losses is the cost of paying interest on its massive debt

A code-share agreement is an arrangement where two or more

airlines share the same flight. A seat can be purchased from an
airline on a flight that is actually operated by another airline under a
different flight number or code.

Air India is owned by Air India Limited and is a government enterprise. Air India
Express is a low cost airline but is a subsidiary of Air India Limited. They operate
fewer flights, have a smaller fleet, and flies to fewer destinations.