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April-June 2013

A Dream Flight to London

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Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh with UK MP & Chairman of Home Affairs Keith Vaz and other dignitaries at the event in London

Air India launches its Dreamliners

to London

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Terminal 3, IGI Airport, in Delhi was abuzz with ex-citement early on the morning of June 9, as the Min-ister for Civil Aviation, Mr Ajit Singh, the Minister

of State for Civil Aviation, Mr K C Venugopal, and senior -

diapersons to board AI115 to London in the next genera-tion Dreamliner Boeing 787.

The visit of around 50 senior mediapersons from all over -

tion beat specialists had a feel of the Dreamliner – having

along with the MoS, the Joint Secretary in charge of Air India, Mr Prabhat Kumar, our Joint Managing Director

-rector (Engineering) Vipin K Sharma and other senior of-

Aboard the Dreamliner en route to London from

-craft and recording their experience with vox populi to communicate to the masses through their re-spective publications/channels. The ultimate in terms of passenger comfort – offering unparalleled comforts and features with roomier cabins, larger electronically dimma-

-tem, the Dreamliner, powered by the most sophisticated GEnxt engines – had indeed cast its spell. The Minister


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on Air India’s plans and on aviation in general. Mr Ajit Singh asserted that the Dreamliner, will shore up

the fortune of India's national carrier as passengers are re-sponding positively to the new aircraft as it is the ultimate in terms of passenger comfort. Air India plans to expand

which will emerge as the 'game changer' for the airline. Air India will soon operate to Birmingham, Melbourne, Syd-ney, Rome, Milan, Moscow, among other places, with the Dreamliners. Air India also plans to operate Dreamliners on the Delhi-Hong Kong-Seoul and Delhi-Hong Kong-

After rectifying the initial technical problems, Air India so far has inducted seven 787 aircraft into service. Seven more are expected to join by the year end. The B787 is operating domestic services between Delhi and Chennai,

The occasion for this two-night trip to London was also th -

spread its wings to London embodying the dreams of In-

via Cairo and Geneva with a Constellation aircraft VT-CQP named 'Malabar Princess'. From the Constellation to the

Air India has charted a long and successful journey from those early days indeed. Today, Air India connects London

to the growing bond between the two countries. A grand function was organised to commemorate the

occasion at the Montcalm Hotel in London on June 9,

comprising representatives from the UK Government, our High Commissioner in London, Dr J Bhagwati, corporate

Senior Ministry and Air India officials with dignitaries at the event

A glimpse of the cultural programme staged on the occasion

Mr Ajit Singh interacting with local and Indian mediapersons at the event

honchos and leading names from the travel and tourism sector, besides a huge contingent of mediapersons. Start-

sloka ren-dered by the Executive Director, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan-

-tation on Air India set the tone for the evening. Nasir Ali,

graced the occasion and reiterated that the large gather-

people have for Air India. Addressing the audience, the Minister for Civil Aviation,

Mr Ajit Singh emphasised that Air India has been accord-

the dreams of the nation since then. The close ties between Britain and India have been growing in every sphere rang-ing from political, economic, commercial or cultural and air transportation has indeed played a pivotal role to give shape to this partnership,” he added. British Indians have long been one of London's largest ethnic minority groups


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and a vast majority of them are profes-sionals who need direct air service to and from India. Air India’s three direct daily operations between Delhi/Mum-

their aspirations as well.Recalling the accolades the Indian

aviation sector had received from the London Mayor, Mr Boris Johnson,

given priority to boost the civil aviation sector by strongly adopting an open air policy to boost bilaterals, partnerships,

passengers. In order to improve air connectivity in remote areas, we are planning to allow scheduled regional airlines to induct smaller aircraft for deployment on regional routes. This

common man in India and improve connectivity in the entire country. We

for all airlines to ensure that through healthy competition and sheer performance – the best will survive

He also had a word of praise for Air India saying its performance has been improving consistently and

laid out in the turnaround plan. "Its performance parameters on yield, passenger load, on time performance have shown

has been serving as the lifeline of the nation for years and I am sure that in spite of many a turbulence in today’s competitive horizon – will emerge stronger as an

pledged full support to Air India

its halcyon days. I hope all Air

and ensure the airline soars ahead in the days to come.”

sure that with our Government lending full support to the avia-tion sector, by opening it up to fruitful partnerships – the

same again. Passenger growth

worldwide and in India is projected to multiply manifolds and we in India are ready to usher in that exponential growth with state-of-the-art infra-structure in terms of airports and air-line systems. Together, with your sup-port and encouragement, I am sure we will script a new era in the annals of civil aviation in India.”

Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mr K C Venugopal stressed on the

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leadership of Mr Ajit Singh as a bea-con of guidance. Boeing's senior vice

-dent that the 787 is safe and we stand behind its overall integrity.”

Indian High Commissioner to UK, Dr J Bhagwati, the MP from Leicester East, Mr Keith Vaz, and other digni-

In London, a guided sight-seeing city tour with a cruise on the Thames

was organised for mediapersons, the highlight of which included a visit to the Nehru Centre – the cultural wing of The High Com-mission of India in UK. Estab-lished in 1992, it is regarded

centre, and has over the years emerged as a premier institution engaged in India’s cultural inter-face with UK. Earlier, our JMD Nasir Ali was extended the invi-tation by Ms Sangeeta Bahadur, Director of The Nehru Centre, to visit the centre along with the delegates, and mediapersons. The entire trip was very well or-ganised by Air India's London team led by Kailash Singh.

comfortable seats of the Dream-liner, convinced that Air India was leaving no stone unturned to surge ahead – and with the induction of the Dreamliners – this dream is set to come true!

Joint Managing Director Syed Nasir Ali delivering the welcome address

The Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mr K C Venugopal, addressing the audience


The advertisement announcing the first flight to London in 1948

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The long wait for the relaunch of Air India’s Dreamliners was over on May 9 following

787 aircraft had been grounded in January 2013 after battery problems were reported by some airlines. Test

completed and clearance obtained from the DGCA.

Secretary, Civil Aviation, Mr K N Shrivastava, along with Air India’s CMD Rohit Nandan visited the T3 at

new battery system. The Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Ajit Singh, had announced commencement of Air

15 at a meeting in New Delhi.

with the resumption of scheduled

on board was operated by Capt Sanjay

AIESL and SBU Head E&C-MRO Vipin Sharma and the Boeing India Senior Vice-President, Mr Dinesh

board. Earlier, a joint press meet was

convened by Air India and Boeing in New Delhi, to announce the resumption of B787's commercial

CMD Rohit Nandan announced,

as a game changer for us, as this aircraft will improve our connectivity and revenues over the years.” The Dreamliners are set to become our

India's B777s on long-haul routes, he added.

Boeing’s Senior Vice President, Mr

of new batteries in all the B787s and

is safe and we stand by its overall integrity.”

Addressing a press meet later on

Mr Nandan said that Air India will

year-end, out of the 27 Dreamliners

Both the CMD and the CD reiterated the airline’s plans to operate most

AI's Dreamliners back in the skies

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Air India

colours was the only Indian aircraft

on display at the Paris Air Show. This

aircraft which will be inducted into the

national carrier’s fleet of Dreamliners

showcased its flying capabilities in the daily flying displays at the 50th Paris

Air Show which took place at Le Bourget exhibition centre from June 17 to

23. The Air India fleet already boasts of seven Dreamliners with seven more

expected to be inducted by the year-end.

AI's Dreamliner steals the show at Paris Air Show

Our CMD Rohit Nandan along with Senior Vice President Boeing, Mr Dinesh Keskar, before the relaunch of the flight at the Delhi press meet

from all operating departments. The

passengers on board. Our CMD Rohit Nandan, Comm-

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Delhi and connect it to other metros on

safety aspects of the aircraft. The

the CMD, Commercial Director, and

The Dreamliner has since then

on the domestic sectors from Delhi

Plans are afoot to start operations to Birmingham, Melbourne, Sydney, Rome, Milan, and Moscow with this next generation aircraft as indicated by the Chairman-and-Managing Director and Commercial Director in

Customer Seva for Alliance Air

A day-long workshop was con-ducted, for 'The Angels in the sky' of Alliance Air to

gear them up to treat customer ser-vice as Customer SEVA – Service Excellence via Attitude – on Febru-ary 15 in the Training Hall at IGI APT T-I (Palam). The workshop was

service crew members, Ms Darshan Priya Paul, Ms Mallika Raghwan and Ajay Jain, who had volunteered to take this session on a pro-bono basis. Ms Meenakshi Dua, GM (Per-sonnel), Airlines House, New Delhi coordinated with the then COO of Alliance Air, Vipin K Sharma, and ED (Finance and Personnel) of Alliance Air A K Agrawal for the workshop. Vijay Ginotra, ED (Op-erations), Alliance Air, and current COO of Alliance Air, Anil Mehta fully supported and encouraged the initiative which was well received by the 20 attending participants hailing from Eastern, Northern and the Southern Regions.

The training focused on personal-

ity promoting strategies via service excellence and positive attitude, ir-respective of the constraints, using anecdotes, experience sharing and discussions. The workshop covered other relevant areas like effective communication, health and hy-giene, complaint handling, inter-personal skills, which help in per-sonality development and bringing professionalism into work, as well as, in personal life. The programme


CMD Rohit Nandan, CD Deepak Brara, DE V.K. Sharma, ED ER Sushil Gupta and former ED R. Dayal and Boeing's Sr Vice President D. Keskar at a press meet in Kolkata airport

was also sprinkled with a few yoga tips and aspects touching upon em-pathy, self motivation, etc.

The faculty worked as a team and connected very well with the par-ticipants, who were able to relate with what was delivered. The 20 'Angels', who attended this interac-tive session thanked 'Team Alliance Air' for organising such a forum and opening thereby an improved line of thinking for the cabin crew.

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The catastrophe that devastated Uttarakhand- killing thousands and leaving lakhs homeless stunned the entire nation. As rescue operations

continued, Air India again proved itself to be the na-tion’s second line of defence. Air India immediately an-nounced a 50 per cent discount from Dehradun to any

pilgrims. A special cell, including a help desk at Dehra-dun Airport, was set up to coordinate relief operations.

Dehradun. Since the disaster, Air Indiathousand pilgrims and tourists on a priority basis.

Air India stands by the nation during the

Uttarakhand disaster

behest of the West Bengal Government carrying 111 -

cials have been in constant touch with Resident Com-missioners of all State Governments. "On their recom-

tickets to stranded passengers." The national carrier has also extended the working hours of its Safdarjung booking counters up to 10 pm for this purpose.

Besides, Air India despatched more staff to manage the rush in Dehradun. The airline's station manager in Dehradun, Bisht, has been working with his team to facilitate the passengers. Our CMD Rohit Nandan and JMD Syed Nasir Ali donated a day's salary for the aid of the affected people to the PM's Relief Fund and appealed to other employees to make similar contributions.


Air India sent 1500 kg of relief material for the victims of the

Uttarakhand natural calamity on its flight from Mumbai

to Delhi on June 29. The material comprising medicines

and first aid material was handed over to Air India officials

for airlifting to Delhi by Maharashtra Minister for Public

Works & Special Assistance, Mr Chhagan Bhujbal, and

Chairman of The Red Crescent Society of India, Mr Arshad

Siddiqui. Mr Bhujbal thanked the national carrier and

acknowledged all the support Air India has ben providing

during times of any national crisis.

It requires a big heart to lend a helping hand to victims of any tragedy. Air India employees of Hy-derabad, displayed just that by providing immediate

-tims of a terrorist attack on February 21. The tragedy occurred when two bombs went off in the crowded area of Dilsukhnagar, killing 17 people and injuring 120.

An initiative was taken by our employees – Shankar Reddy, GSD, P Srinivas Rao, Sr Tech. (AC-GSD), and B Parameshwar, Asst. Manager (PE) – who were sup-ported by Station Head S Satyanarayana. They helped collect Rs 55,200 in aid of the blast victims. These em-ployees visited four hospitals in the city to see the actual condition of the victims and realised that their collec-tions would not meet the needs of all the victims. There-fore, it was decided to help any one family which would

Naik of Ramachandrapuram village in Nalagonda dis-trict. A daily wage labourer, he had come to Hyderabad with his family for heart surgery of his 18-month-old-son, who unfortunately died while undergoing treat-ment. In the aftermath of the bomb blast, Ravinder lost his right leg while seven members of his family were severely injured. We pray for the speedy recovery of all injured in this disaster and extend gratitude to all those who contributed to this fund.

A Helping Hand

Maharashtra Minister for Public Works and Special Assistance Chaggan Bhujbal flagging off the first consignment of relief material sent by AI flight from Mumbai to Delhi.

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AI Hqrs moved to Delhi

The Air India Board has taken a decision to shift the corporate headquarters to New Delhi. It

was also decided that a time-frame should be decided by the Manage-ment for transfer of various func-tions from Mumbai to New Delhi. In view of the Board decision, the Headquarters of Air India has been shifted to Airlines House, New Delhi (113, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road) with effect from March 1, 2013.

Star Performer awardee (March 2013) Partha Chakraborty, AM (C ) and

Prabhat Chandra, Station Manager, Dimapur with the Star Performer

Station trophy (February, 2013) with ED ER (O) Sushil Gupta.

D. Banerjee, Station Manager, Port Blair and D. Dey former APM, Port Blair with the Star Performer Station Trophy for December 2012, handed over to him by the then ED(ER) R. Dayal and GM (O) Sales & Marketing Sanjay Mishra at a function in May.

Abhik Mukherjee, Foreman, Engineering and Station Manager, Agartala, Mithilesh Deb Burman with the Star Performer award (for February, 2013) and the Star Performer Station trophy (for January 2013) respectively, along with ED ER (O) Sushil Gupta.

D. Banerjee, StationPort Blair and D DeyAbhik M k

Our StarPerformers

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Air India Executive Director, North, Ms Vineeta Bhandari, GM (GH), North, Pankaj Kumar, and colleagues from Delhi with the trophy for being adjudged the ‘Best Indian Airlines of the Year’ at the GMR-IGIA Awards 2013. Air India got the award based on parameters like on-time performance, seat factor, cargo carriage and revenue passenger kilometres, etc.

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Teach, titled 'Lets Make a Dif-ference Together', were held

at Panchgani in Maharashtra near Pune city, for all senior executives, in the rank of General Manager and above, with a view to provide an op-portunity to introspect, interact and together formulate future plans to turn around the airline and take it to greater heights. The workshops were held in two batches from April 2 to April 6 and then from May 13 to May 17.

The workshops were conducted -

atives of Change (IofC) at Asia Pla-teau, Panchgani. Built in a sprawl-ing area of 68 acres, this institution believes that every individual can make a difference and honest in-trospection is the starting point of any change. It encourages every individual to contribute in his or

Workshop for senior management at Panchganiher unique way to the transforma-tion needed in the world. Over the past four decades, this institution has been actively conducting pro-grammes for different sections of employees, including IAS and IPS

called this institution as ‘a beacon of hope’.

CMD Rohit Nandan had request-ed all executives nominated for the workshops to attend the same. In all, 44 senior executives took part in the workshops.

On all days, the morning time was a quiet time, where everyone

Dalip Patel (IofC faculty). They then shared their thoughts and ideas learned during this period. He sug-gested taking anuvratas or series of small vows to bring about change in one's self because ‘to win others

exposed the participants to the four pages of the ‘Life’s Balance Sheet’. These covered remembering and expressing gratitude towards those who changed and shaped our lives, the good deeds done by the partici-pants, the errors we commit in our lives or the wrongs done by us to others.

During his sessions, Mr Viral K Majumdar, the Course Coordinator and Master Storyteller, insisted on the importance of disciplined quiet times and diary writing where "we

life’s direction, rather than simply

stressed on MRA training which helps one to listen to one's inner voice and gives necessary courage to take corrective actions.

The participants actively took part in various exercises like the parliament session, action plan,

-sponded positively to the short but

along with the very meaningful skits and songs which touched eve-ryone’s heart.

The trust walk, visit to one of

Point all added up to better under-standing and closeness among the participants. The formal dinner and the talent parade on the eve of de-parture, further cemented the bon-homie that was created.

Ms Meenakshi Dua, GM Person-nel at New Delhi, who was the main coordinator, ensured the successful conduct of both the workshops.

Air India has tied up with In-dia Post for carriage of logis-tics post from June 17. This

is a new product which is different

generated by the airline. This service is available from a

total of 15 airports at present, which

include the six metros apart from Agartala, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Imphal, Lucknow, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Logistics Post will be booked by the Department of Post (DOP) from the customer for carriage on airport to airport, city to city or on a door

to door basis. Air India will partner with India Post for the air transport segment of this service.

The tie-up with Logistics Post air services is expected to help in deep-er penetration of the market for Air India as well as increase cargo rev-enue for the airline.

Air India ties up with India Post for Logistics Post services

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Air India: Just a call away

IT3 of IGI Airport, New Delhi, Air India, in association with DIAL, has been able to offer exclusive telephone

as wheelchairs, at the entry gates of domestic and international driveways. To avail this facility, passengers disembarking from their vehicles, at the

telephone. For Air India special assistance, passengers have to dial Digit 1, which will be picked up by the Customer Care unit of Air India. Now, Air India is just a call away for passengers seeking special assistance at Delhi Airport.

Working as a team

Under the able guidance of Executive Director, Northern Region, Ms Vineeta Bhandari, a 'Team

Building Workshop' of Air India and AISATS was or-ganised by GM (GH) Pankaj Kumar at New Delhi on April 24. The workshop was attended by 30 managers from both sides, including Mr Kelvin Seow, Senior Vice President AISATS. In his welcome address, Pankaj Ku-mar advised participants to communicate with their

-tions to determine what action they have to take as a team. The activities at the workshop were based upon ideology and perception of passenger needs. The partici-

need to adapt ourselves to the changing environment and stay ahead of competition. The sessions included is-sues and problems encountered in the workplace, their solutions and the effects of how their decisions and at-titudes could affect the team and the company.

Health camp at IGI airport

An active lifestyle can help lower cholesterol levels. Activities can range from walking and cycling, to

more vigorous exercises such as running and dancing. Doing 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity every week can improve one's cholesterol levels; one should also reduce the total amount of fat in their diet. Try microwaving, steaming, poaching, boiling or grilling, instead of roasting or frying. These were the tips that were given to employees at a heart check-up camp organised by the Air India Medical Department at IGI Airport New Delhi, from May 24-30, under the guidance of Dr P K Shrivastava, DGM (Medical) and his team. Free consultation, along with BP checks, random blood sugar check, weight check and ECG were done on 200 employees each day. As the process of integration of erstwhile medical departments of Air India and Indian Airlines continues, medical services for all Air India

DELHI DELIBERATIONS employees posted at T3 and GSD Building at T2 have been made available at GSD Building itself from June 10. All employees posted at these locations thanked Executive Director, Northern Region, for her support, as this will save time due to easy availability of medical facilities.

Increase in seat factor

Keeping its upward trend, Delhi achieved highest ever seat factor of 88.25 per cent in the month of

May 2013 on domestic narrow body routes in comparison with a seat factor of 81.28 per cent in April 2013. In May, Air India operated 2,803 domestic and international

(OTP) of 90.62 per cent. Delhi also recorded 100 per cent domestic OTP on April 10,11,23, 25 and 29, respectively, with an overall OTP of 95.37 per cent. In all 4,01,179 passengers travelled against a seat capacity of 4,85,341.

operated from Delhi were 2,658 with OTP of 93.98 per cent. Delhi also recorded 100 per cent domestic OTP on May 8, 9,12,15 and 22, respectively. In April, a total of 3,59,643 passengers travelled on the airline against the seat capacity of 4,65,645. On achieving 100 per cent domestic and international OTP in the Northern Region on May 8, ED (NR), Ms Vineeta Bhandari, appreciated the team effort of the employees of the region and their ability to achieve highest standards of service.

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Leading Change

Accepting that 'change is the only constant', a team of senior executives from HR department met for

a two-day workshop on 'Leading Change' on April 11

and 12, conducted at the Management Training Centre, CTE Hyderabad. The workshop was a major step towards enabling the participants to identify, share, understand and resolve the challenges ahead, bond together and emerge as an 'unstoppable catalyst of change'. This was achieved through various activities,

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games. The senior HR management team set targets with committed timelines to achieve various synergies across the spectrum. During the workshop, the HR team committed itself to lead the change and work towards positive transformation of Air India.

Hyderabad improves performance

The concerted efforts of the Sales and Marketing, Reservations and Airport team, helped Hyderabad

station earn a revenue of over Rs 281 crore for the year 2012-13 which was an increase of 23.2 per cent as com-pared to the revenues of the year 2011-12, this despite a 3 per cent decrease in capacity. With the overall network revenue increase being 7.1 per cent, this was a huge contribution from Hyderabad. The cargo revenue also showed an upward trend with a 14.3 per cent increase of Rs 717.91 lakh (international) and 13.2 per cent increase of Rs 711.35 lakh (domestic) for the year – 2012-13 as compared to the previous year. Hyderabad has been able to sustain its on-time performance in the last year, re-cording an impressive 84 per cent. All efforts are being made to further improve the on-time performance from the region. Ms Meenakshi Mallik, AMM, Hyderabad who has been leading from the front, has a very young, hardworking and enthusiastic team and the combined effort of all the team members has yielded results.

Sales and Marketing initiative

The Sales and Marketing Team at Hyderabad has sealed a deal with the National Police Academy,

Hyderabad, for travel on the Hyderabad-Delhi-Hyderabad sector. A batch of approximately 150 passengers travelled from Hyderabad to Delhi on April 5 and 7 and returned on April 14. The revenue earned by Air India from this alone, was over Rs 37 lakh.

Change of Guard

Consequent to the transfer of R Dayal to Headquarters, Delhi as ED (Internal Audit), Sushil Gupta has been

Director from May 14, 2013.

Airport relocation

The entire airport operations have been shifted from the Old International and Domestic Terminal

Building at NSCBI Airport, Kolkata, to the New Integrated Terminal Building (NITB) from March 2013. The administrative wing and Airport Manager's secretariat have also been shifted to the NITB from May 31. During the process, the staff roster was integrated, resulting in better utilisation of manpower. The

those of the client airlines. AI's allotted counters and

pleasing and attractive branding, enhancing the corporate image and identity of Air India. Common Special Handling Unit (SHU) for both domestic and

international divisions, common roster for staff, helpers, AIATSL customer agents, and sustained and extensive training for trainees, especially to helpers, regarding

are some of the major initiatives taken at the airport.

Rabindra Jayanti observed

Rabindra Jayanti, the birth anniversary of poet, philosopher, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was

celebrated on May 9 at the Conference Hall of Airlines House in Kolkata. Sanjay Mishra, GM-O (Sales & Marketing), B C Biswas, DGM (Personnel), senior

the cultural programme organised to mark the occasion. Besides rendition of Rabindra Sangeet, discussion on Rabindranath’s literary works was another highlight of the event, which was organised with active involvement of the regional Rajbhasha department and Dibakar Bhattacharya, Asstt. Manager (Security), among others. The programme was compered by N K Prasad, Senior Manager (OL).

Sales & Marketing ups the ante

Air India has entered into a corporate tie-up with two major business houses – ITC and PWC – in April.

The value of the tie-up is worth Rs 8 crore and Rs 7 crore, respectively. The region has also generated revenue worth Rs 3.5 crore through the sale of business class super savers. An agents’ meet was organised at Airlines House on May 31 to acknowledge the role played by PSAs in the sale of these coupons. Meanwhile, a planned print media campaign was carried out at the regional

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Regional Audit Review Committee

The 10th Regional Audit Review Committee meeting was held at Airlines House, Chennai on May 27.

The then Acting ED (SR), A N Parthasarathy, in his introductory speech, talked about the role of Internal

and functions of various departments and suggesting improvements in those areas. He has also appreciated the friendly approach of internal audit in discussing points of importance across the table and suggesting corrective action, instead of raising queries on each

touched upon the role of internal audit in performance

destinations. To discuss various issues concerning our marketing efforts, including those in the outstations, a sales review meeting of various stations was held at Airlines House chaired by ED, ER (O) Sushil Gupta on May 3. Besides, a road show was organised on May 31, to promote the newly launched Air India holiday packages, at Airlines House, for travel agents and the Sales and Marketing team.

Revenue from non-scheduled flights

Revenue to the tune of over Rs 90 lakh and US$520 was earned from handling over 90 non-scheduled

team from March to May 2013. Concerted efforts from all operating departments are being put in by all operating departments to improve the OTP. The seat factor has also been improving steadily. Thus, while in March and April, the OTP was 86 and 89 per cent, respectively, in May it stood at 83 per cent. Again, while the seat factor in March and April was 84 per cent and 79 per cent, respectively, in May it increased to 85 per cent.

Additional flights

Awere operated during this period, with an average

Dimapur has been introduced on Fridays.

Gymnasium at Airlines House

A gym, with basic equipment, was set up in the basement of Airlines House in Kolkata in April to

ensure that employees can exercise with regular work outs. This was done with the concerted efforts of the

Sports Control Board. The then ED ER, R Dayal, and

etc. The then ED (Audit) R Dayal, gave a brief on the intricacies involved in performing the audit function

that the process of conducting a study and raising of queries involved a lot of effort on the part of auditors. He urged departmental heads to send their replies without delay to any audit queries.

Corporate moves

Capt H Y Samant, GM (Operations), will look after the function of Executive Director-South, consequent to

the retirement of Acting ED, A N Parthasarathy on May 31. With the posting of Regional Sales Manager, Madhu C Mathen to Australia, C Mohan, DGM-Commercial, has been entrusted with the portfolio of Sales and A Ram Babu will be the Airport Manager at the new Domestic Terminal at Chennai.

Flights from new Chennai Terminal

Air India has shifted all its domestic operations to the newly constructed domestic terminal complex at

Chennai Airport with effect from April 12. AI 549 to Port

The airline had shifted its arrivals to the new Terminal a day earlier on April 11. The futuristic Terminal Complex has a common user terminal equipment for departure operations at the new complex and passengers of Air India now enter the departure hall through a spacious designated entry point.

Alliance Air connects Tirupati

Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, has com-menced its operations on the Bengaluru-Tirupati-

Bengaluru sector, with an ATR aircraft operating three days-a-week with effect from April 1. Bengaluru will be the third city to be connected with Tirupati with the

are the other two cities having direct air connections

travelling public from Karnataka who wish to have darshan of Lord Balaji. Meanwhile, Tirupati Station was adjudged as the ‘Star Performer Station’ for the month of March 2013.

MUMBAI MUSINGS

New oxygen shop in Mumbai

The engineering department at the new engineering complex in Mumbai has achieved a saving of almost

Rs 10 lakh by getting a new oxygen shop constructed by Mumbai International Airport Ltd. Very high grade breathing oxygen used in the aircraft is stored in high pressure cylinders inside the oxygen shop. The building housing the earlier oxygen shop was in a dilapidated condition, needing urgent repairs and was also posing

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a safety hazard due to the construction work being carried out at the complex, for modernisation of the airport. After detailed discussions and persuasion with MIAL, the work was carried out as per our requirements without any interruption. The approval from DGCA was also obtained expeditiously. The entire process has ensured that Air India does not have to invest in such a facility in the near future. A penny saved is a penny earned indeed.

Satyanarayan puja in Security Dept

ASatyanarayan puja was held at the new engineer-ing complex on April 8, by employees of the security

department. NY Karnik, Senior Manager, Security, was puja

is held every year so that families of employees can bond with each other. A cultural programme was also held for the children and spouses of employees from the security department.

Seat Factor and OTP

Tthe period March to May 2013 was 81.72 per cent, with an average of 5620 passengers carried per day, while it was 80.48 per cent for western region, with an average of 7,873 passengers carried per day. The seat

period, was 65.30 per cent, while it was 65.87 for the region, with an average passenger carriage of 2,534 per day ex-Mumbai and 3,266 per day for international

from Mumbai during the same period was around 82 -

ried by Air India during the period March to May 2013

saw good cargo movement in perishable goods.

Dr Mungekar felicitated

Trecently at the Air India Sports Club, Mumbai, to felicitate and acknowledge the efforts of Dr Bhalchandra Mungekar, renowned economist, ex-member of Planning

Commission and former Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University. This was for his intervention in resolving

Founder President of the Association Dr B Khadtale, former Regional President R A Repote, ED (WR) R

association were present on the occasion. Dr Mungekar in his address emphasised the need for saving PSUs for the overall development of the country.

Honour for Capt Laxmi Nagrath

Women at Air India continue to win accolades and we

have one more feather in our cap. The Screening Committee of First WDC International Confer-ence on Empowerment of Women in the Developing World, has rec-ommended Capt Laxmi Nagrath, Deputy GM (Operations) in West-ern Region, Mumbai, for the Jijabai Award 2013. This award is given for outstanding contribution to society by exemplary and courageous women. Capt Nagrath has been featured in the Limca Book of Records as the

-quently command a jet aircraft. Her status of becoming

The award comprising of a shawl, a plaque, and a cash award was presented to her at the valedictory session of the conference on April 2 in Delhi. Congratulations!

Additional earnings at Pune

Stations in Western Region have been constantly working at improving and increasing their revenue

levels. D Vandekar, Station Manager, Pune, has in-formed that one such local initiative for providing cargo screening services to other airlines at Pune, with sup-port from ground handling and security departments taken in 2009 has yielded good results. Due to AI's

Navya Pillai being felicitated by NY Karnik, Senior Manager, Security, on the occasion of the Satyanarayan puja.

Dr Bhalerao Mungekar being garlanded by Mr B N Nangare, General Secretary of the SC/ST Association

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professional services, the earnings from this screening was more than Rs 4. 25 crore so far. Impressed with our commitment and quality services, customer airlines have requested Air India that they be provided at other airports too. Vandekar said that the positive attitude

great pride and happiness for Team Pune. The staff at

of reservations, booking, and refunds for Air India and

customers. Catering to 80 authorised agents, Govern-ment parties and corporate clients, the station has been able to earn Rs 12 crore in direct sales and Rs 1.66 crore from Air India Express. Monthly interactive meetings

-tions, promotional fares, schemes introduced, product upgrades, improved services and OTP, etc., is shared with the agents in detail, during such meetings. Besides promotional and advertising material are also given to the agents. In addition, team work among commercial,

services to our valued customers, despite dwindling numbers due retirements, resignations, etc. We hope to continue with the same zeal in the coming days too says Vandekar. Well done!

Capt Shriyan wins over passengers

AI 651 from Mumbai to Raipur suffered commander side wind

shield crack during descent into Raipur on April 18. However, Capt Harish Shriyan, who was in com-

Tanya Narula made a safe landing at Raipur, ensuring complete securi-ty of all passengers on board. Such team work and cooperation is indeed a morale booster to everyone and will ensure that Air India continues to win over passengers.

Pune Republic Day celebrations

The 122nd birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr B R Ambedkar was celebrated

-tion, Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai Regions. The employees of Hyderabad were privileged to have N K Jain, Director (Personnel), as the Chief Guest. The Director (Personnel), lit the lamp and

He was joined by S N Bhattacharya, GM (IR) B C Biswas, Deputy GM (P) S Satyanarayana, Station Head, Hyderabad G Sreedhar, Deputy GM (QA &TS), B V Kumar, Deputy GM (Personnel), J Saty-

Jain addressed the employees and spoke on how Dr Ambedkar, even with his humble beginnings got himself educated in some of the best institutes. He said, apart from working for empowerment, Dr Ambedkar’s heart beat for the underprivileged.

The Director (Personnel), also addressed key concerns of employees regarding service condi-tions, salary regularisation and structure, and hiving off the Engineering Department. He stat-ed that with a positive EBIDTA, improving OTP, market share and yield, the conditions should im-prove soon. He also assured all engineering em-ployees that their working conditions will be pro-tected even after they join a subsidiary company.

He was followed by S N Bhattacharya, B C Bis-

contributions of Baba Saheb Ambedkar. The function in Chennai was organised at Air-

lines House on April 14. The then Acting ED (SR) A N Parthasarathy addressed the gathering. In Mumbai, Ambedkar Jayanti was celebrated with

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Jayanti was also celebrated in other regions with great enthusiasm and gaiety.

AI celebrates Ambedkar Jayanti

SM Pune, D. Vandekar giving away a prize to a travel agent, at the travel agency meeting in Pune

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Zafaruddin hangs up his boots

Zafaruddin, interna-tional hockey player,

who was posted as Air-port Manager, Bhopal, since 2005, retired from Air India on April 30 after 35 years of dis-tinguished service. Za-faruddin served the com-pany, both as a hockey

popular amongst all his colleagues and Air India -

ed with mementos and bouquets by S Ambastha, Station Engineer, and Firoz Khan, Station Manager, Bhopal.

The Air India Hockey team emerged as the winners, in the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey Tournament,

held in New Delhi from March 7 to March 16. The tour-nament was played on league-cum-knock-out basis. Punjab & Sind Bank (P&SB) and Indian Navy were in the Air India pool. Air India defeated the P&SB team by 1-0 and the Indian Navy team by 3-1 to enter the

Air India and P&SB. The team played very well, with excellent combinations, coordination, speed and skill beating P&SB, 2-0.

AI wins Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey Tourney

An Air India team came out with flying colours in a polo tournament held recently at the Race Course Road Polo Ground In New Delhi.

On the whole, the performance of the team has been brilliant despite absence of some of the senior players. The team consisted of the following players: Gurpreet Singh, Adrian D’souza, Ajmer Singh, Prabodh Tirkey, V.S. Vinaya, A.B.Cheeyanna, Vikram Pillay, Sanjeev Ajmani, Vikas Pillay, Vinod Pillay, Somanna Pradhan, Shivendra Singh, Arjun Halappa, Sameer Dad, Birender Lakra, Girish Pimpale, Bimal Lakra.

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Ms Sai Vijetha P, (Fin), Hyderabad, received the Guinness World

largest Kuchipudi dance convention Maha Brinda Natyam consisting of 2850 participants in the year 2010 and 5,794 participants in the year 2012 organised by the Silicon Andhra International classical dance convention. She is learning Kuchipudi dance from her mother Guru Sailaja. She secured 8.5 GPA in the recently held SSC examination and has

in Maths at district level in class 10. Sai Vijetha is aspiring to be a software engineer. Congratulations!

Dr Shruthi Chandrasekharan, daughter of

Finance Department at Hyderabad has done her parents proud by topping her college – S.B.Patil Institute for Dental Sciences,

Bachelor of Dental Surgery, with subject distinction in Pedodontics. She was also awarded the all-rounder

her achievements in both academics and co-curricular activities during her four year course. A college slogan written by her has been selected to be used in all college advertisements, invites, and documentaries of her college. Shruthi looks forward to doing her post-graduation in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.

Ms Sregurupriya, daughter of P Ayappan, Sr. Manager MMD department, Mumbai, has

done her parents proud by scoring 99 per cent marks in the Standard X CBSE board examination held recently. She is the school topper for standard ten from R N Podar High School, Santacruz, Mumbai. A gifted child, Sregurupriya has excelled at many activities, in addition to her studies. She has learnt Bharat Natyam, has trained in classical music, plays the violin, is fond of sports like tennis and karate and is also good at yoga. Fond of reading, this young teenager is keen to pursue a career in law. Languages are a favourite, especially English and French. As to what helped her achieve this excellent result she says, that her study pattern and revision has been regular. Her parents have been very supportive in addition to her teachers, especially her English Language teacher, says Sregurupriya. This bright teenager is

calm demeanour. Congratulations and well done!

A summer vacation coaching camp for children of Air India employees, based in Mumbai, was

organised by the Air India Sports Division from April 1 to May 31, 2013. The camp was for games such as cricket, football shooting and swimming. The swimming coaching was conducted by Ms Aarti Pradhan, former international swimmer and Arjuna and Chhatrapati awardee.

Master Darshan Lohima, son of Security Superintendent Mahesh Lohima, Mumbai won

the third prize in the Dis-

Shooting Competition organ-ised by the District Sports Federation Government of Maharashtra for the year 2012-13. A student of Class VII at the Indian Airlines Ideal School, Darshan has also participated in the State Level Shooting Competition, where again he won the third prize. As a team member at the School Games Fed-

Competition for 2012-13 for boys under 14 years of age, his team won the silver medal. Well done!

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MAILBOXThanks a tonne Air India Dear Ms Vasanthi Deshpande,

This mail is being sent to you to thank you and Air India for the excellent arrangements it made for my daughter, Dr Himani, and her baby Arya when they travelled recently on Air India from Mumbai to Newark and earlier to Mumbai. The food arrangements for the baby were superb and were provided whenever we required the same.

My entire family is now a fan of Air India and would travel in future by Air india only. I am

and travel quite frequently on both domestic and international routes by Air India only. I am grateful to you for taking upon the responsibility of ensuring smooth travel for my family members.

We all travel business class and recommend all our friends to do so, as not only does it give us pride of travelling on our national carrier but we also get good service, besides punctuality. Sometimes we wonder why these good things done by you are not made known to other travellers!

With best wishes, Shirish Ghoge, Director,

Head India GGA, Abbott India Ltd

Hats off to Air India!To whom it may concern

of mechanical problems with AA, my plane came

on April 5 in Delhi).

The attendants were outstanding, friendly, and professional. The food was excellent, and the

before. The pilot was a lady, and very informative. When I got to Delhi, one of my bags did not

believe how much I was helped by the staff to get

right away. I was in contact with Jazala Parveen and Rishika who helped me with updates on the

everything so professionally that I could pick up

Delhi to Goa. The Air India staff in Dabolim Airport in Goa were also helpful and courteous.

Because of this high quality experience,

and want to thank you all sincerely for renewing my faith in the airline industry and their ability to deliver outstanding service to their customers.

Nancy [email protected]

I am pleased to pen down my experience I had, with the services extended by Mr P K Naidu of

June 29, 2012, I have been in communication with

mileage and membership and the only responses were customised e-mails.

Mr Naidu gave me a patient hearing. And what a pleasant surprise – he called me back to say that he had traced my problem and would do the needful to rectify the same.

I would like to put on record my sincere appreciation for Mr Naidu for the services extended by him. Wish we all could do this and change the world. My best wishes to Air India Thanks and Regards.

Shobha Karamchandani State Bank of India

23 J N Heredia Marg, Ballard Estate Fort,

Mumbai-400001

CorrigendumThis has reference to our write up ‘Gujarat Chief Minister honours S Meenakshi’. Inadvertently,

grand master and gives her designation as Deputy Manager (Finance). In fact, her sister, Ms

and Deputy Manager (Finance). Ms Meenakshi

Superintendant (SG).

ObituaryWith deep grief, we inform that R Venkateshwar Rao,

in Hyderabad, passed away on April 10, 2013. He was born on May 5, 1961. He had joined Vayudoot in 1988 and erstwhile Air India in 1995. He leaves behind his wife, Mrs Sarah Rao, who is also working

Hyderabad, as well as a son and a daughter.

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FkhA 1992 esa LFkkfir ;g lsaVj lkaLÑfrd dsUnz vkbZlhlhvkj dk egÙoiw.kZ lsaVj gS vkSj o’kksZa ls baxyS.M esa Hkkjrh; lkaLÑfrd baVjQsl esa yxh izeq[k laLFkk ds :i esa mHkj dj vk;k gSA usg: lsaVj dh funs”kd lqJh laxhrk cgknqj us la;qDr izca/k funs”kd Jh ukflj vyh dks ,vj bafM;k ,oa ea=ky; ds izfrfuf/k;ksa vkSj i=dkjksa ds lkFk lsaVj dh foft+V ds fy, vkeaf=r fd;kA Jh vyh vkSj lqJh cgknqj us bl volj ij vius fopkj izdV fd,A Jh dSyk”k flag ds usrRo esa gekjh yanu Vhe }kjk lc dqN cgqr gh csgrj rjhds ls vk;ksftr fd;k x;k FkkA okilh mM+ku esa Mªheykbuj dh vkjkenk;d lhVksa dk vuqHko ysrs gq, ehfM;k dehZ fo”oLr Fks fd ,vj bafM;k vkxs c<+us ds fy, rRij gS vkSj Mªheykbuj foekuksa ds ,vj bafM;k ds foeku csM+s esa “kkfey gksus ls ,vj bafM;k dk ;g LoIu lkdkj gksuk r; gSA

ujkdkl iqjLdkjuxj jktHkk’kk dk;kZUo;u lfefr ¼miØe½] fnYyh dh fnukad

Qjojh 26] 2013 dks vk;ksftr 36oha cSBd esa eq[; vfrfFk ds :Ik esa lfpo] Hkkjr ljdkj] jktHkk’kk foHkkx mifLFkr FksA bl volj ij ujkdkl dh fgUnh if=dk ^bUnzizLFk Loj* ds f}rh; vad dk foekspu djus ds vfrfjDr ujkdkl jktHkk’kk “khYM rFkk uxj Lrjh; izfr;ksfxrkvksa ds fotsrkvksa dks iqjLdkj Hkh iznku fd, x,A mYys[kuh; gS fd fgUnh i[kokM+s ds volj ij ujkdkl ds rRoko/kku esa vk;ksftr fofHkUu izfr;ksfxrkvksa esa ls rhu izfr;ksfxrkvksa esa ,vj

fganh vk'kqHkk"k.k izfr;ksfxrk ds fy, lfpo] jktHkk"kk ls iqjLdkj izkIr djrs gq, Jherh v#.kk tloky] ys[kk v/kh{kd] /ofu lapkj

fganh dfork izfr;ksfxrk ds fy, lfpo] jktHkk"kk ls iqjLdkj izkIr djrs gq, Jherh T;ksRluk 'kekZ] dk;kZy; v/kh{kd ¼ofj- Js.kh½] dkxksZ

bafM;k ds deZpkfj;ksa us Hkh iqjLdkj izkIr fd,A fgUnh dfork ikB izfr;ksfxrk esa dkxksZ foHkkx ls Jherh T;ksRluk “kekZ] dk;kZy; v/kh{kd ¼ofj’B Js.kh½ us izksRlkgu iqjLdkj] fgUnh fuca/k ys[ku izfr;ksfxrk esa dsUnzh; jktLo ys[kk foHkkx ls Jherh T;ksfr rqyfl;kuh] ys[kk ijh{kk vf/kdkjh us izksRlkgu iqjLdkj rFkk vk”kqHkk’k.k izfr;ksfxrk esa /ofu lapkj foHkkx ls Jherh v#.kk tloky] ys[kk v/kh{kd us izksRlkgu iqjLdkj izkIr fd;kA bl volj ij lHkh fotsrkvksa dks lfpo] Hkkjr ljdkj }kjk iqjLdkj iznku fd, x,A

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lkFk gh lekIr gks x;kA cksbax 787 foeku dk izpkyu djus okyh dqN ,;jykbuksa }kjk cSVjh laca/kh leL;k,a mtkxj djus ds ckn tuojh 2013 esa bUgsa xzkmaM dj fn;k x;k FkkA vko”;d ifjorZu dks iwjk djus rFkk Mhthlh, ls Dyh;jsal ysus ds ckn VsLV mM+kusa izpkfyr dh xbZ FkhaA lfpo] ukxj foekuu ea=ky;] ds ,u JhokLro us ,vj bafM;k ds v/;{k ,oa izca/k funs”kd jksfgr uUnu ds lkFk u, cSVjh flLVe okys igys ch 787 foeku dks ns[kus ds fy, Vh&3 ds fnYyh ,;jiksVZ dk nkSjk fd;kA

ukxj foekuu ea=h vftr flag us ea=ky; esasa gqbZ izSl dkWUÝsal esa ,vj bafM;k dh Mªheykbuj mM+kuksa dk izpkyu fnukad ebZ 15] 2013] ls vkjaHk gksus dh ?kks’k.kk dh FkhA bl fnu fnYyh rFkk csaxyw: ds chp ,oa fnYyh ls dksydkrk dh fu/kkZfjr okf.kfT;d mM+kuksa ds lkFk MªheykbulZ mM+kusa iqu% vkjaHk gqbZaA 156 ;kf=;ksa rFkk Øw ds lkFk fnYyh ls csaxyw: dh igyh mM+ku ohVh&,,uvkbZ dk izpkyu dIrku lat; ;kno rFkk dIrku ,dka”k R;kxh us dIrku lqfer yksgpc ds lkFk fd;k FkkA lHkh izpkyu foHkkxksa ds vf/kdkfj;ksa us mM+ku dks Vh&3 ls 0635 cts cM+s mRlkg ds lkFk fonk fd;kA csaxyw: ls okilh mM+ku esa 235 ;k=h FksA ckn esa dksydkrk dh mM+ku ohVh&,,uds dk izpkyu dIrku lh ,e ,nsdj] dIrku #fpj ekFkqj rFkk dIrku vfHk’ksd us 1320 cts 221 ;kf=;ksa ds lkFk fd;kA bl mM+ku esa gekjs v/;{k ,oa izca/k funs”kd jksfgr uUnu] funs”kd okf.kT;] nhid cjkjk]

lhbZvks ,vkbZbZ,l,y rFkk ,lch;w izeq[k bZ ,oa lh&,evkjvks fofiu “kekZ ,oa viuh Vhe ds lkFk cksbax bafM;k izslhMsaV fnus”k dsldj FksA

ch 787 dh okf.kfT;d lsok,a iqu% vkjaHk fd, tkus ds igys ,vj bafM;k rFkk cksbax us fnYyh esa ,d la;qDr izSl dkWUÝsal vk;ksftr dhA bl volj ij Jh jksfgr uUnu us dgk fd] **MªheykbulZ gekjs fy, xse psatj ds :Ik esa vk, gSa D;ksafd bu foekuksa ls gekjh duSfDVfoVh vkSj jktLo esa lq/kkj gksxk**A ;s Mªheykbuj gekjs odZgkWlZ gksaxs ftUgsa /khjs&/khjs yach nwjh ds ekxksZa ij ch 777 foekuksa dh txg rSukr fd;k tk,xkA cksbax ds ofj’B okbl izslhMsaV fnus”k dsldj us Hkh lHkh ch 787 foekuksa esa ubZ cSVfj;ksa dks nksckjk yxk, tkus ds laca/k esa crk;k vkSj dgk] **gesa fo”okl gS fd ch 787 lqjf{kr foeku gS vkSj gesa bldh dq”kyrk ij iwjk Hkjkslk gSA**

rRi”pkr~] dksydkrk ,;jiksVZ ij ySafMx ds ckn gqbZ izSl okrkZ esa Jh uUnu us dgk fd o’kZ 2016 rd gekjs foeku csM+s esa “kkfey gksus okys 27 Mªheykbuj foekuksa esa ls dqy 14 Mªheykbuj foeku bl o’kZ ds var rd ,vj bafM;k ds ikl gksaxsA mUgksaus ;g Hkh mYys[k fd;k fd <kdk] iVuk] jkaph rFkk Hkqous”oj ds fy, mM+kusa igys gh dksydkrk ls cgky dj nh xbZ gS Jh uUnu us ehfM;kdfeZ;ksa dks fo”okl fnyk;k fd ,vj bafM;k dksydkrk ls flaxkiqj rFkk cSadkd dh mM+kuksa lfgr dksydkrk ls gVkbZ xbZ vf/kdka”k mM+kuksa dks iqu% cgky djus ds fy, gj laHko iz;kl djssxhA Jh jksfgr uUnu vkSj Jh nhid cjkjk us fnYyh gc ls vf/kdka”k varjjk’Vªh; mM+kuksa dks izpkfyr djus rFkk mUgsa gc&,aM&Liksd&ekWMy ij vU; eSVªks “kgjksa ls duSDV djus dh ,;jykbu dh ;kstuk dks nksgjk;kA Jh dsldj us Hkh foeku ds lqj{kk igyqvksa ds laca/k esa crk;kA dksydkrk ls okilh mM+ku 256 ;kf=;ksa ds iwjs yksM ds lkFk 1710 cts pyhA

Mªheykbuj us fnYyh ls csaxyw:] psUuS rFkk dksydkrk ds ?kjsyw lsDVjksa ij izpkyu djus ds vfrfjDr yanu] isfjl] ÝSadQVZ rFkk nqcbZ ds fy, Hkh izpkyu vkjaHk dj fn;k gSA izsl okrkZ ds nkSjku lh,eMh ,oa funs”kd okf.kT; us ;g Hkh bafxr fd;k fd cfeZa?ke] esycuZ] flMuh] jkse] feyku] uSjksch rFkk ekWLdks ds fy, izpkyu vkjaHk fd, tkus dh ;kstuk ij dk;Z tkjh gSA

MªheykbulZ fQj ls vkdk”k esa

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Mªheykbuj mM+ku dks iqu% ykWUp djus ls iwoZ fnYyh esa vk;ksftr izsl lHkk esa gekjs v/;{k ,oa izca/k funs'kd jksfgr uUnu] cksbax ds ofj- mik/;{k fnus'k dsldj ds lkFkA


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Mr Rajaram N Soshte, Chief Loading Supervisor, Commercial Cargo,

at Mumbai, has been felicitated and awarded a trophy and certificate

in recognition of the social work done by him by the Vaish Samaj,

Dombivili. The award was presented to him by Govind Madgut, chairman

of the Samaj.

The Aviation Industry Employees Guild recently held its Annual Children Merit Award Function, wherein

more than 600 children were given awards for academic excellence. Mr K C Venugopal, Minister of State

for Civil Aviation, was the Chief Guest and distributed awards to the meritorious children. In his address,

Mr Venugopal exhorted all employees to join hands with the Management and the Government to

bring Air India out of its present crisis. Y E Reddy, President, and George Abraham, General Secretary,

AIEG, and R Harihar, Executive Director, Western Region, also spoke on the occasion.

Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams, who holds the record for the

longest spaceflight by a woman, with Air India officials H K Lala and M

Diwakar at the check-in counter, shortly before she boarded AI-127 for her

return to the US on April 7. She was in India to visit Junagarh in Gujarat,

where her father was born.

Station Manager, Hyderabad, Meenakshi Malik, presented an Airbus A321

aircraft model to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Kiran Kumar Reddy on

May 4. The aircraft model has been placed on the office table of the Chief

Minister. Also present were hockey player Mukesh Kumar, Padmashree and

Arjuna Awardee, who is Manager (Commercial), at Hyderabad MBO.

Air India's Quality Management Systems Department was given the Century

International Quality ERA Award from Business Initiative Directions, Spain.

The award was presented in recognition of AI's commitment to quality and

excellence to C S Subbiah, Manager-Germany and Central Europe, during

the International BID Quality Convention in Geneva. Featured above is the

QMS team led by Harpreet A De Singh, Head of Corporate Quality, Safety &

Environment Management Systems with the award.

Air India has launched an interactive Facebook

page. We have created this page to not only

share our news, deals and updates but also

to get feedback and comments. Passengers

are invited to share with us their experiences,

photos and videos. It is heartening to note

that we have received over 50,000 ‘likes’ in

just one month.

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