Air India plans to revamp fleet

Air India plans to revamp fleet, change hiring patterns       

In a bid to cut its expenses, Air India plans to re-organise its fleet and shift some of its aircraft to its subsidiary, Alliance Air. The airline is also hiring cabin crew on a contractual basis through its subsidiary Air India Charters Ltd. This is likely to help trim the airlines wage bill which is about 35 per cent of its total costs. “Air India has some Airbus A320s and Airbus A330s which are more than 15 years old. There is a proposal in place to shift these aircraft to Alliance Air. But this might take some more time,” an Air India said, according to a report by Debabrata Das and Ashwini Phadnis in The Hindu Business Line.