Mumbai: Air India has successfully reduced its air the air-craft-to-employee ratio from 300 per flight to 108, cutting it down by almost two-third in the last two years and im proving on the time its aircraft remain in Jet Airways, on the other hand, has 130 employees working towards any given flight. According to officials of the national carrier, the reduction has a direct benefit on passengers with efficiency peaking. "It has increased turn-around time for every flight and increased the number of hours an aircraft remains in the sky," an airline official told Mirror.
Air India's reduction is commendable when compared to a ratio of 127 per plane at Lufthansa (38,000 employees: 299 aircraft), 140 at Singapore Airlines (14,000 employees with 100 aircraft) and British Airways 178 employees per aircraft. An Air India official explained that the carrier has a fleet strength of 115, ranging from wide-body and narrow-body to regional jets with employee strength of 20,000.
According to the airline, the latest ratio - a key performance indicator - brings the national carrier almost on a par with some of the global competitors including the likes of Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines.
09/10/15 Aditya Anand/Mumbai Mirror
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Air India's reduction is commendable when compared to a ratio of 127 per plane at Lufthansa (38,000 employees: 299 aircraft), 140 at Singapore Airlines (14,000 employees with 100 aircraft) and British Airways 178 employees per aircraft. An Air India official explained that the carrier has a fleet strength of 115, ranging from wide-body and narrow-body to regional jets with employee strength of 20,000.
According to the airline, the latest ratio - a key performance indicator - brings the national carrier almost on a par with some of the global competitors including the likes of Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines.
09/10/15 Aditya Anand/Mumbai Mirror
