Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines, issued a global tender on 1st July, 2001 for dry lease-in of six ATR 42-500 aircraft. The last date for receipt of tender is 31st July, 2001. These aircrafts are to be considered for deployment on the existing B 737/A-320 destinations in the North East as well as in the rest of the country in order to enhance connectivity and frequencies to smaller towns and tourist destinations on commercial considerations.
Indian Airlines shall position 50 seater aircrafts at Kolkata and Delhi due to maintenance and operational requirements. Of these, one aircraft each is proposed to be positioned at Guwahati subsequently. Indian Airlines does not propose to airlink Salem at this stage since no 50 seater aircraft is proposed to be placed at Chennai. However, other scheduled airline operators are free to operate on any route/places depending on their own commercial judgement subject to compliance with the route dispersal guidelines issued by the Government.
This information was given in Lok Sabha today by the Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Sharad Yadav in a written reply to a question by Shri T.M. Selvaganapathi.
