B737-800 for Air India Express

heathrow · Post by **heathrow** » 31 Mar 2005, 00:27

I don't like the livery. Sorry. The tail is nice, but thats it.

For me TUI takes that award

same here!

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 31 Mar 2005, 08:56

Our hope is as good as ur guess

Let us all hope that the TAIL promotes the AIRLINE

But due regards to Sicilian Falcon that AIE listend to him and made Heathrow a fan of the tail

brakes_78 · Post by **brakes_78** » 01 Apr 2005, 13:18

SOURCE : www.deepikaglobal.com & UNI

Booking for AI budget air travel to resume in UAE

Dubai, Apr 1 (UNI) The hopes of budget air travel of Gulf Indians, which were dashed when online booking on the no-frills airline of Air-India crashed, are likely to be restored in the next few days, officials have assured.

The snag on Air-India Express (AIE)'s web-based booking prevented users from reserving seats since the site became operational.

''Our technical team is working on the problem and things would be normal in a couple of days,'' Ms Jaishree Ramachandran, A-I marketing manager for Dubai and Northern Emirates, told The Gulf Today.

She assured that the ''teething problem'' would be rectified well before the April 29 launch of the airline.

Some passengers who booked tickets using credit cards failed to get confirmation from the booking engine although the ticket fares were debited from their accounts.

The website www.airindiaexpress.in has been receiving thousands of hits every day.

Passengers using Indian rupee denominated credit or debit cards were making their reservations till the system developed some snag a few days ago.

Payments through global cards issued by Gulf-based banks would take another week to become operational when the website gets fully customised to accept plastic money in other currencies.

AIE will take wings with a flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Abu Dhabi with a VIP delegation on board.

The low cost carrier will also run services between Dubai and Kochi and Kozhikode. After initially connecting Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat, the airline plans to expand operations to other Gulf stations like Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Bahrain, Kuwait and Doha.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 03 Apr 2005, 10:32

Yes, Brakes_78 is right. Also the TRAVEL AGENT ASSOCIATION industry has decided not to sell AirIndia or AirIndia Express tickets as the AIRLINE decided to reduce the agent commission to 4% from the existing 7%.

Now that is not healthy for the agents to do. Let the customer's benefit. Last we learn that an AMWAY launches and AIRLINE to remove the barrier between the actual flying passenger and the airline

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 05 Apr 2005, 12:29

AIR-INDIA OFFICES ISSUING TICKETS AT MARKET FARES

Read about it at http://www.airindia.com/article.asp?articleid=279

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 08 Apr 2005, 19:18

Read about the delivery of the aircraft

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 13 Apr 2005, 10:37

VT-AXB at London.
Photo courtesy by Andrew Dent.

VT-AXB at London.
Photo courtesy by Tom Lo.

Source www.justplanes.com

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 13 Apr 2005, 10:57

Another Picture

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 13 Apr 2005, 10:59

Another Picture But before departure to London

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 13 Apr 2005, 11:00

Another Picture before departure to London in US

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 13 Apr 2005, 11:03

Some info

vivek0072 · Post by **vivek0072** » 13 Apr 2005, 21:34

the pics are good, and also the plane livery, and it looks like AIE is planning to have a new tail design for each plane, please enlighten.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 14 Apr 2005, 10:11

vivek0072 wrote:the pics are good, and also the plane livery, and it looks like AIE is planning to have a new tail design for each plane, please enlighten.

I guess you are right Vivek0072. India is a land of unity in diversity

So we can expect new tail design for each plane, right

vivek0072 · Post by **vivek0072** » 14 Apr 2005, 16:20

A good link, which tell you how big ones can even take on the fight against budget airlines(especially in India).

http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/apr/14spec.htm

brakes_78 · Post by **brakes_78** » 16 Apr 2005, 09:44

vivek0072 wrote:A good link, which tell you how big ones can even take on the fight against budget airlines(especially in India).

http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/apr/14spec.htm

big ones

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 26 Apr 2005, 11:23

Tails of VT-AXA, VT-AXB and VT-AXC.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 26 Apr 2005, 11:26

Oops i forgot to update and mention

AirIndia Express has taken delivery of its 3rd aircraft the VT-AXC.

VT-AXC seen here at Seattle and picture courtesy by Royal King.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 26 Apr 2005, 11:30

Another link for pictures

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 26 Apr 2005, 11:32

This is a good picture

http://johnclarke.fotopic.net/p14019041.html

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 26 Apr 2005, 11:33

And so is this

http://images2.fotopic.net/?iid=y89h5t& ... &nostamp=1