Indian Airlines’ regional arm Alliance Air has issued a tender for dry-leases on six 70-seat regional jets for delivery from next April and it has also issued separate tenders for 20 pilots to operate and 20 engineers to maintain the aircraft.
Alliance Air has put the tender on Indian Airlines’ website and says it wants the six 70-seat regional jet aircraft on 3-7 year dry-leases and it wants deliveries to commence in April.
The carrier fails to mention which type of 70-seat aircraft it is willing to consider but it says the aircraft “should be fresh out” of a ‘C-check’ and the “aircraft should be less than five years old upon date of importation” into India.
Indian Airlines’ spokesman told Flight in October the carrier would be issuing a tender for six 70-seat regional jet aircraft but at that time the spokesman said it would be for wet-leased aircraft because Alliance Air and Indian Airlines have too few pilots.
But Alliance Air has since decided to seek the aircraft on dry-lease and issue a separate tender for 20 pilots and 20 engineers.
All three tenders close on 26 December, Alliance adds.
Alliance Air and Indian Airlines currently have no regional jets so the tender represents a move into a new aircraft type. Bombardier has the 70-seat Bombardier CRJ700 while Embraer has the Embraer 170.
Source: Flight Daily News
