AI to spruce up services, cut costs

Cutting costs and increasing focus on customer services might not be enough for straighten up the current messy situation of Air India. It is no secret that the corruption is so strong to miscarry the plans of Air India’s newly appointed chief operating officer.
Professor Taneja is absolutely correct about underlining the importance of running Air India independently away from the Indian government.
The National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) is the child of the Indian Government. That familial link simply means that the Indian government is still controlling Air India through the independent directors of NACIL.

Date: 14 June 2010 commenting on http://www.livemint.com/

Airline brands to look out for and those that can rest in peace beyond 2009

For now, I can confirm two airlines which are about to rest in peace:
The first is Air India due its current bloated pattern of operation. I have commented on an article discussing the situation of Air India. The second is United Airlines. The credit goes to its lousy operational policy and to the demonstration managed by Dave Carroll (http://bit.ly/MndAp & http://bit.ly/22NURU).


Date: 19 August 2009 commenting on http://simpliflying.com/

Rescuing Air India from crisis requires hard decisions and political support

Writing the above article requires a great deal of boldness. Criticizing Indian affairs by an Indian citizen simply implies credibility.

The shocking facts revealed throughout the article are quite resembling the situation of Aeroflot. Its board of directors said last week (viz. the tweet of Airlinologist on 21 JUN) that the airline is 30% overstaffed which is the result of reasons similar to those which made Air India 50% overstaffed.

It is so sad to see the maharaja airlines falling like that due to the effect of corruption-infested India. Away from the sadness-triggering memories, let us face it. Government-supported airline is not the fashion any more. Comparing the ailing Air India with the privately-owned Kingfisher Airlines would clearly reveal some reasons of both failure of the former and success of the latter.

There is one more comment regarding the statement about the communist countries. It is true that that North Korea and Mongolia are still under communism. However, the situation is different for both China and Russia. China is somehow adopting a communist system under a capitalist flag. On the other hand, Russian Federation has been rigorously moving to the market economy since the collapse of the Soviet Union early 1990s.

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