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Alliance Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
9I[1] LLR[1] ALLIED[2]
Founded1996
Commenced operations21 June 1996; 28 years ago (1996-06-21)
Operating bases
Frequent-flyer programFlying returns
AllianceStar Alliance (affiliate)
Fleet size10 (March 2017)
Destinations34 (January 2017)
Parent companyAir India Limited
HeadquartersDelhi
Key peopleAshwani Lohani, CMD
Websiteairindia.in

Alliance Air is an Indian airline which was started as a low-cost arm of Indian Airlines. As part of Indian's merger with Air India, it was renamed Air India Regional.[3] It operates 306 weekly flights to 42 domestic destinations as a subsidiary of Air India.[4] It operates mostly in Tier-2 & Tier-3 Cities in India connecting them to major metro cities.

In March 2017 the carrier reverted back to its Alliance Air name and introduced a simplified new livery featuring Air India's former Centaur logo.[5]

History

Air India Regional was established as Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines on 1 April 1996 and started operations on 21 June 1996. It was renamed Air India Regional after the merger between Air India and Indian Airlines.[6]

The carrier is now reverting to its Alliance Air name with a revised livery, one each ATR 42 and 72 have been repainted in the new look already.

Destinations

As of January 2017, Alliance flies to 35 destinations in India. Its operating bases are Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Kempegowda International Airport, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

Fleet

An Air India Regional ATR 42 taxiing at the Delhi hub
An Alliance Air ATR 72 in former Air India regional livery

Alliance Air operates the following aircraft as of March 2017:[7][8][9]

Alliance Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 42-300 6 0 48
ATR 72-600 16 3 70 Deliveries till end of 2017
Total 22 3

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Alliance Air (India)". ch-aviation. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "JO 7340.2G Contractions" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 January 2017. p. 3-1-17. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 73.
  4. ^ "Alliance Air destinations". Alliance Air- Air India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ^ Alliance Air to spread wings under revised branding
  6. ^ "Air India Regional". Air India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. ^ "India's Alliance Air considering int'l ops". ch-aviation. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  8. ^ "ATR 42-320". Air India. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  9. ^ "ATR 72-600". Air India. Retrieved 1 April 2017.