14. February 2007
Ramki Sundaram appointed Air Deccan CFO
Date: 14. Feb. 2007
Bangalore-based Air Deccan has appointed Ramki Sundaram as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. This follows the resignation of Finance Director MG Mohan Kumar. An investment banker in the aviation field, Ramki Sundaram, is joining the low-cost carrier from Investec Bank UK.
Mr Mohan Kumar was associated with Air Deccan since its inception in 2003. He will continue to advise Air Deccan in its charter and MRO businesses.
All the other low-cost carriers, SpiceJet, Go and IndiGo have over the last few weeks seen a spate of changes in top management positions in finance and marketing.
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
CFM, Indian Airlines ink venture deal
Date: 14. Feb. 2007
The airline and CFM will establish a facility in India that will service CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B engines, according to a news release.
"This is a landmark agreement that will benefit not just our fleet, but the aviation industry in India," said Vishwapati Trivedi, chairman and managing director of the New Delhi-based airline.
Indian Airlines, which is owned by the Indian government, operates six Airbus A319 aircraft with CFM56-5B engines, and has 43 Airbus A320 aircraft, powered by the engines, on order.
CFM International, based in Evendale, a a joint venture between General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) and Snecma in France.
Source: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com
Ramki Sundaram appointed CFO Air Deccan
Date: 14. Feb. 2007
Budget airlines airlines Air Deccan has appointed Ramki Sundaram as its chief financial officer following the resignation of finance director MG Mohan Kumar.
An investment banker in the aviation field, Ramki Sundaram, is joining the low-cost carrier from Investec Bank UK.
Mohan Kumar was associated with Air Deccan since its inception in 2003. He will continue to advise Air Deccan in its charter and MRO businesses.
Source: http://www.domain-b.com
Air passengers left in lurch
Date: 14. Feb. 2007
It was an Air Sahara flight from Ahmedabad that took longer than usual to reach Kolkata. With many passengers forced to deplane at Delhi to change aircraft for "engineering reasons", this experience has left them far from happy.
"I bought the ticket on the Internet. I called up the airline to check whether the flight would stop at Delhi. I was assured that it was a direct flight. So it was really shocking when we landed in Delhi and then they asked us to deplane," said Homi Chettri, a Supreme Court advocate, who was a passenger on this flight.
Airline officials, however, claimed that it was a hopping flight. The aircraft was changed because it needed servicing.
"We usually don't ask passengers to deplane, but the aircraft from Ahmedabad was needed by the engineering department," said an Air Sahara spokesperson.
While the stopover at Delhi may not have been a problem for some, the delay of the new aircraft certainly was. "I was to have a meeting at 5 p.m. in Kolkata. My flight was to reach at 3 p.m., but it is now taking off from the Delhi airport at that time. What am I supposed to do? Why should we be made to change aircraft if it is a hopping flight?' asked Pusph Dev Sharma, a passenger on the aircraft.
The airline claimed that the flight was delayed due to air congestion. According to statement by Air Sahara duty officer Ashish Grover, the flight from Ahmedabad was delayed to Delhi due to "traffic congestion" and the incoming flight from Pune -- that was to take the passengers to Kolkata -- was delayed for the same reasons.
Source: http://www.hindu.com
