Air-India Express

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Air India Express एअर इंडिया एक्स्प्रेस

IATA IX	ICAO AXB	Callsign EXPRESS INDIA
Founded		2005
Hubs		Trivandrum International Airport Cochin International Airport
Focus cities		Indira Gandhi International Airport Kozhikode International Airport Mumbai International Airport Chennai International Airport
Fleet size		12 (18 on order)
Destinations		11
Parent company		Air India Charters Ltd.
Headquarters		Mumbai
Key people
Website: http://www.airindiaexpress.in/airindiaexpress/home.asp

Air-India Express (Hindi: एअर इंडिया एक्स्प्रेस) is a low-cost airline subsidiary of Air India. Air-India Express promises to offer trips to the Gulf from India at 25% lower fares than Air India, will operate on a zero-commission basis. Operations are expected to continue with three aircraft.

With flying becoming more and more popular in India, a large group of customers are demanding low cost international flights like the new low-cost domestic private airlines. To help meet this need and expand the airline, Air India spun off Air India Express as its low-cost avatar. Currently operating in Gulf & Middle Eastern routes and some South-east Asian routes, the sister airline has plans for expansion into Europe and America with the arrival of new aircraft.

The airline was established in May 2004 and started operations on April 28, 2005 from Thiruvananthapuram. Their first Boeing 737 had been delivered in February 2005.

Services are from the State of Kerala, Mangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai to Gulf destinations and from Chennai to South East Asia.

Initial plans for the airline fleet included delivery of 18 additional Boeing 737-837 winglet-equipped aircraft over two years. Delivery of the first aircraft for Air-India Express took place on 22 February 2005 when a new production Boeing 737-86Q (leased from Boullioun Aviation Services) was handed over. Operations are expected to start with three aircraft and the other two Boeing 737-8BKs are being leased from CIT Leasing.

1 Liveries
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References
6 See also

[edit] Liveries

Air India Express liveries

Every aircraft features a different tail design that reflects a part of Indian Culture.

Air India Express liveries
	Registration	Left Tail	Right Tail
1	VT-AXA	Thrissur Pooram elephant	Pushkar Fair camel
2	VT-AXB	Rangoli	Indian Kite
3	VT-AXC	Sitar	Tabla
4	VT-AXD	Nilavilakku (Oil lamp)	Diya (Oil lamp)
5	VT-AXE	Kathakali dancer	Bharatanatyam dancer
6	VT-AXF	Konark Sun Temple	Taj Mahal
7	VT-AXG	Indian jewellery	Saree
8	VT-AXH	India Gate	Gateway of India
9	VT-AXI	Indian art [1]	Indian art [2]
10	VT-AXJ	Red Fort	Red Fort
11	VT-AXM	Mehrangarh Fort	Mysore Palace
12	VT-AXN	Hawa Mahal	Ujjayanta Palace
13	VT-AXP	Indian art [3]	Indian art [4] by Raja Ravi Varma

Source: Flickr - Rick Schlamp

[edit] Destinations

An Air India Express Boeing 737

[edit] Fleet

As of February 2007 the Air India Express fleet includes:

13 Boeing 737-800 [5]

[edit] External links

Air-India Express

[edit] References

[edit] See also

Air India

	Airlines of India
	Air Deccan • Air India • Air-India Express • Air Sahara • Alliance Air • Archana Airways • Blue Dart Aviation • Club One Air • Crescent Air • Deccan Aviation • East-West Airlines • Go Air • Indian • IndiGo Airlines • Indus Airways • Jagson Airlines • Jet Airways • Kingfisher Airlines • Paramount Airways • SpiceJet • Visa Airways