Mumbai: To meet high demand and raise its market, national carrier Air India has earmarked ₹500 crore to get 19 of its grounded passenger jets back into operations. Currently, the national passenger carrier has 19 aircraft grounded due to various reasons most prominent amongst them being expensive spare parts and engine overhauls. But we still have more aircraft which are grounded," a senior Air India official told IANS from Mumbai. Notwithstanding the fresh funds, the official said that all grounded aircraft are unlikely to become operational before August. As of 2019, Air India Group — Air India, Air India Express, Alliance Air — have a combined fleet of over 160 aircraft which fly to 122 destinations, including 78 domestic and 44 international destinations.

Source: Mint May 05, 2019 08:03 UTC