Air India to take three planes on lease

New Delhi: Air India is on the lookout in the global market for three medium-capacity, long-range aircraft, likely through a wet-lease route, to maintain its schedules in the winter season starting October.
While dry-lease implies leasing of the aircraft only, wet-lease means inducting the pilots and cabin crew as well.
However, officials said the airline was not looking at inducting cabin crew, but could induct pilots along with the three aircraft. The officials said in case the planes were not available on dry-lease, Air India could go for wet-lease only with cockpit crew, maintenance and insurance. The cabin crew in these aircraft would be its own.
Such a method of leasing the three aircraft would help the airline meet the challenge posed by pilot shortage in the country, they said. The three aircraft, which Air India is considering to lease, are Boeing 747-400S or Boeing 777-200 ER (extended range) for a period of two years.
07/05/06 Zee News

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