
Under the Tatas, Air India Express has become a jumbo airline
Live MintIn January 2022, when the Tata group took over Air India and Air India Express, the low-cost subsidiary largely restricted to Gulf routes had a fleet of 26 aircraft, all B737-800NGs. While the group has invested in merging its four airlines to form two airlines, one full service and one low cost, Air India Express has nearly quadrupled its fleet to cross 100 planes. Airbus took not only from erstwhile AirAsia India but also from parent Air India, which has so far passed on 11 all-economy aircraft to the airline, including some A320neo, an indicator that the plan of adding capacity with Air India Express is here to stay. While Air India Express planes were all white tails and not new, the strike meant that deliveries had halted, impacting the airline.
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