Nearly 10 months after its launch, budget carrier AirAsia India is looking to enter into its rival and the country’s largest player IndiGo’s territory, setting up a hub in Delhi with plans to induct two more A320s.
The airline’s decision to enter a highly competitive market could also be because of the need to take a pie of a lucrative sector in an attempt to shore-up its week bottomline.
The airline is expected to hire at least 60 crew members, including 20 pilots, as part of the plan.
In an internal note to its staff, AirAsia said it will be setting up a hub in Delhi and invited applications from captains and first officers interested in taking a transfer to Delhi.
Opening a base in the North might be a prudent thing to do for the airline which has so far confined itself to a hub in Bengaluru.
For long haul flights, especially from the North, having the crew stationed around the hub makes sense instead of ferrying them back and forth.
For example, Delhi-Bengaluru is best served with morning departures from either destination, mirroring the direction at the same time. This ensures better service for the corporate clients. This will require AirAsia India to park an aircraft overnight at Delhi, necessitating a base. Bengaluru will continue to be the home base.
15/04/2015/K Giriprakash/The Hindu Business Line.
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The airline’s decision to enter a highly competitive market could also be because of the need to take a pie of a lucrative sector in an attempt to shore-up its week bottomline.
The airline is expected to hire at least 60 crew members, including 20 pilots, as part of the plan.
In an internal note to its staff, AirAsia said it will be setting up a hub in Delhi and invited applications from captains and first officers interested in taking a transfer to Delhi.
Opening a base in the North might be a prudent thing to do for the airline which has so far confined itself to a hub in Bengaluru.
For long haul flights, especially from the North, having the crew stationed around the hub makes sense instead of ferrying them back and forth.
For example, Delhi-Bengaluru is best served with morning departures from either destination, mirroring the direction at the same time. This ensures better service for the corporate clients. This will require AirAsia India to park an aircraft overnight at Delhi, necessitating a base. Bengaluru will continue to be the home base.
15/04/2015/K Giriprakash/The Hindu Business Line.
