The Low cost Aircraft carrier arm of Air India Express has decided to shift the operational headquarters to Kochi. The Present headquarters is at Mumbai while the engineering base will continue to be at Thiruvananthapuram.
The office of the former Indian Airlines will be converted to Air India Express’s Central Administrative office in Kochi and all the employees from the Mumbai office are also to be shifted to Kochi. The moves comes int eh wake of the announcement by the Airlines to launch the Cheap Flights offering for domestic sector connecting the non metro civilities with Metros from April 2011.
The move might be an attempt by the Air India Express to improve the efficiency through utilisation of its 21-strong fleet from nine hours to 12.5 hours daily from southern base as the lucrative LCC market has its major takers in southern states. Since the Airlines also operates to Gulf and Kerela, besides a great India Holidays destination, is one of the Biggest destinations for flight Booking to the Gulf, this move is not unexpected.Air India Express is aggressively positioning itself in the market and even offering free tickets in the domestic leg of its international flights. The airline is also planning to get into a pact with travel portals regarding Airlines Booking.
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