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Air India Express
एअर इंडिया एक्स्प्रेस
IATA
IX		 ICAO
AXB		 Callsign
EXPRESS INDIA
Founded April 2005
Hubs Trivandrum International Airport
Cochin International Airport
Focus cities Indira Gandhi International Airport
Kozhikode International Airport
Mumbai International Airport
Chennai International Airport
Mangalore International Airport
Fleet size 17 + (8 orders) = 25
Destinations 23 + 2 more to be added = 25
Parent company Air India
Headquarters Mumbai
Key people
Website: http://www.airindiaexpress.in/airindiaexpress/home.asp

Air-India Express (Hindi: एअर इंडिया एक्स्प्रेस) is a low-cost airline subsidiary of Air India based in Mumbai, India. It operates services mainly to the Middle East. Its main base is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, with a hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi [1].

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The airline was established in May 2004 and started operations on April 29, 2005 with a flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Abu Dhabi[1]. Delivery of the first aircraft for Air-India Express took place on 22 February 2005 when a new production Boeing 737-86Q (leased from Boullioun Aviation Services) was handed over. The airline has plans for expansion into Europe and America with the arrival of new aircraft.

With the merger of the two major state owned airlines Indian Airlines and Air India it is said that Air India Express subsidiary of Air India will merge with Alliance Air a fully owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines. With the two mergers of Air India and Indian Airlines, their subsidiaries will also merge as well. The Alliance Air fleet will be absorbed into the Air India Express fleet under the same name of Air India Express [2]. Thus, there will be Air India (after Air India-Indian merger, the Airline will still be named Air India), and its subsidiary Air India Express consisting of the whole ex-Indian Airlines/Alliance Air fleet, the Air India fleet, and new aircraft orders.

Air India Express liveries.
Air India Express liveries.

Every aircraft features a different tail design that reflects a facet of Indian Culture.

Air India Express liveries
Registration Left Tail Right Tail
1 VT-AXA Thrissur Pooram elephant Pushkar Fair camel
2 VT-AXB Rangoli Indian Kite
3 VT-AXC Sitar Tabla
4 VT-AXD Nilavilakku (Oil lamp) Diya (Oil lamp)
5 VT-AXE Kathakali dancer Bharatanatyam dancer
6 VT-AXF Konark Sun Temple Taj Mahal
7 VT-AXG Indian jewellery Saree
8 VT-AXH India Gate Gateway of India
9 VT-AXI Indian art [1] Indian art [2]
10 VT-AXJ Red Fort Red Fort
11 VT-AXM Mehrangarh Fort Mysore Palace
12 VT-AXN Hawa Mahal Ujjayanta Palace
13 VT-AXP Indian art [3] Indian art [4] by Raja Ravi Varma
14 VT-AXQ Qutub Minar Jantar Mantar [5]
15 VT-AXR Snake Boat Race Kalaripayattu
16 VT-AXT Peacock Crane
17 VT-AXU Bihu Garba

The average age of Air India Express fleet is 1.1 years as of October 2007.

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As evident from the Airline's Website, Air India Express operates to the following destinations at present:


As of July 2007 the Air India Express fleet includes[5] :

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 58. 
  2. ^ "Air India-Indian Airlines merger finally completed", Flightglobal.com, 2007-08-30. Retrieved on 2007-09-10. 
  3. ^ Flickr - Rick Schlamp
  4. ^ http://www.thaindian.com/news-snippet/ai-express-to-launch-low-cost-flights-from-kolkata-to-bangkok-4297.html
  5. ^ Air India

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