NEW DELHI: AirAsia India, a JV of Tata group and Malaysian AirAsia, is planning to induct some Boeing 737s that used to fly for Jet Airways and have now been repossessed by lessors.
AirAsia India’s (AAIPL) flying licence has listed Airbus fleet for its operations. Now the low-cost carrier
(LCC) has applied to DGCA for operating Boeing aircraft, the ex-Jet B737s, also. The move comes as Tata-Singapore Airlines full service JV Vistara is also planning to induct ex-Jet B737s.
AAIPL currently has 20 Airbus A320s and is likely to add five more of these planes this summer. In addition to these, it is looking at ex-Jet B737s too. Suspension of operations by Jet has suddenly freed up slots at the choked Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore airports.
