JAMMU | Jan 29
The fifth Boeing 737-800 aircraft owned by Air
India Express joined the fleet on January 27, 2007. This increases the fleet
size of AI Express to 12 aircraft, seven of which are on lease.
Air India Express operates with all economy class seats on the Gulf and
Singapore routes.
As in the past, the tail designs are an innovative and novel feature of the
Air India Express aircraft.
The fifth new aircraft showcases the designs of two important Palaces of
India. Ujjayanta Palace in Agarthala, Tripura on one side and Hawa Mahal,
'Palace of the winds',Jaipur, Rajasthan, on the other side of the tail.
Air India Express commenced operations on April 29, 2005, and today operates
57 weekly flights from 9 Indian cities viz. Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi,
Kozhikode, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Amritsar, Mangalore and Chennai. Seven
foreign stations on the network are Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain,
Muscat, Salalah and Singapore.
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