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Air India has flights to Bangalore. Why is it that Bangalore has been included in the terminated destinations of the airline? I have flown in Air India from Bangalore to Mumbai twice. I edited that part twice, but it was reverted back. If you need reference try booking a flight from Bangalore by Air India, you'll know then.
Flights to Bangalore are operated by Indian Airlines, with Indian Airlines aircraft eventhough their carry an AI code. The two airlines are currently in the process of merging but are NOT merged yet. Once the 2 carriers' have completed their merger *i.e. an single operating certificate is achieved), then all the former IC flights will be Air India flights. Until then, all flights flown on Indian Airlines aircraft, crews, etc. should be listed as Indian Airlines flights. There has been numerous discussions on this matter.
Snoozlepet (
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22:09, 3 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Bangalore, Goa, Calcutta etc
Air India do NOT fly to these cities. Granted, the flight may have an Air India code, and it may even be painted in the Air India livery, but the flight is flown by Indian Airlines, on aircraft owned by Indian Airlines. Air India simply place their code on the flight. Per the rules at
WP:Airlines and
WP:Airports, we list the operating carrier only, not the carrier(s) placing their code on such a flight. At this time, Air India and Indian Airlines have NOT merged. Ergo, Air India do NOT fly to Bangalore, Goa, Calcutta, etc.
Please do not re-instate these as AI destinations, until the time (a) the two airlines merge, or (b) Air India starts flying the route using their own aircraft. Thanks,
Jasepl (
talk)
08:41, 15 January 2010 (UTC)reply
Oppose: I oppose the merger of NACIL (or AIL) destinations into Air India destinations for the reason that even after IC is completely merged into AI to become a single airline, AI cargo, AI Express and AI regional which are part of NACIL (now AIL) will remain as separate airlines. What should be done after the complete merger of IC into AI is that the IC column has to be merged into the AI column and IC destinations article be merged into AI destinations article. Why so serious?Talk to me09:04, 21 January 2011 (UTC)reply
Sorry - forgot to mention, now that NACIL is now Air India, NACIL as a name does not exist. AI Cargo, Express and Regional are all subsidiaries hence my rationale is that it should be one article. Around The Globeसत्यमेव जयते09:13, 21 January 2011 (UTC)reply
I don't understand what the situation here is – there are so many acronyms involved. If you ask me, I'd say get rid of NACIL destinations ei. merge it into Air India destinations, because there isn't any references. Also, somebody should add further info to the sources on Air India destinations, because titles and urls are not enough.
Sp33dyphil(
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Contributions)(I love Wikipedia!)12:37, 21 January 2011 (UTC)reply
Comment: Are AI Express, AI regional and AI cargo subsidiaries of AI? In that case, they should be merged without doubt. If they are separate airlines, then there is scope for more discussion. TheMike •
Wassup doc?14:47, 23 January 2011 (UTC)reply
Comment: Yes AIX, AI cargo and AI regional are subsidiaries of AI. Subsidiaries are separate airlines. For example, JetLite is a subsidiary of Jet Airways, Dragon Air is a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, SilkAir is a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, but each of these though subsidiaries are separate airlines (different IATA and ICAO code) and none of the mentioned subsidiary carrier destinations are merged with the parent carrier destinations. Why so serious?Talk to me14:55, 23 January 2011 (UTC)reply
AI Cargo uses the same codes as the passenger division (AI, AIC, AirIndia), it will be ending freighter operations and is selling off its fleet, cargo will only be carried on AI passenger aircraft lower deck. However this article could be merged into main AI article as a section.
116.71.6.146 (
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09:16, 7 February 2011 (UTC)reply
I think everyone here has agreed that NACIL and Air India pages need to be merged. Also, NACIL company was dissolved and is now called Air India. So we need to merge NACIL into Air India. AI Express, AI Regional and AI Cargo are subsidiaries of Air India. NACIL does not exist anymore. See
thisNikkul (
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20:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)reply
The consensus looks like an oppose for the merger. NACIL has been renamed as Air India Limited which is a holding company for Air India, Indian Airlines (to become defunct once completely merged into AI), Air India Regional and Air India Express. —
AbhishekTalk to me15:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)reply
User_talk:AroundTheGlobe, you are adding the supports just out of your own thought. FYI, comments made by MikeLynch cannot be accepted as he has not given a proper explanation. Neither can Sp33dyphil's comments be considered as he has no idea about Air India and NACIL (clearly understood from his message in the above section). And BTW it is left upto an admin to review the discussion and decide what has to be done. I'm gonna have to report this to an admin. —
AbhishekTalk to me15:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)reply
Go ahead and do so, if you see the history, I did not add the list (or any name to the supports) - I just bifurcated the oppose into oppose keep and oppose delete. Let an admin sort out this mess. Around The Globeसत्यमेव जयते05:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)reply
Comment: w.e.f. day after tomorrow IC (Indian Airlines) and CD (Alliance Air or Air India Regional) codes will cease to exist. All AI flights (including Cargo) will come under a common AI code. AI Express (subsidiary like
Jet Lite is for
Jet Airways) is the only one with a separate code. See article from
Times of India dated today as reference
[1]. Around The Globeसत्यमेव जयते14:15, 25 February 2011 (UTC)reply
Comment: AroundTheGlobe, good catch there on the merger of IC into AI. All though I did know that the merger would take place sometime soon, there weren't any reliable sources for the same. BTW, even pre-merger, cargo flights operate under AI code. But even then I oppose the merger coz AIL is a holding company and not an airline. AFIK, AI regional will still remain a separate airline operating regional routes post merger (also said
here). I'll look into some more sources on the same. Cheers! —
AbhishekTalk to me15:12, 25 February 2011 (UTC)reply
Comment: Yes, AI and AIX will remain separate AFIK as well. However, I dont see the use of having an AIL destinations page - there can be a separate one for both AI and AIX (as they are separate airlines, albeit with the same owner - though that should not make a difference, as I said above Jet and Jet Lite have the same parent company but the parent company does NOT have a overall destinations page - I see no need for that). My view remains that NACIL destinations should be merged or deleted. Around The Globeसत्यमेव जयते15:57, 25 February 2011 (UTC)reply
Comment: I agree with
User:AroundTheGlobe and
Nikkul. NACIL should not be the one with destinations. All destinations(incl. subsidiaries) should be included in the main article. See
United Continental Holdings as an example. Both
United Airlines and
Continental Airlines continue to have their own pages pending the merger completion with all respective destinations and aircraft (inclusive of respective subsidiaries, exceptions being ones for Continental fleet flying under a different banner e.g. Continental Connection, etc.). After the unification of the IATA codes for AI, IC and CD on 27th Feb 2011
[2][3], I do not see any reason for all AI, IC and CD fleet and destination information not to be combined to the AI page. As mentioned before, AIL is the parent company and not the carrier itself. —Preceding
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134.134.139.74 (
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19:01, 25 February 2011 (UTC)reply
Comment: Yes, post merger all fleet and destinations of AI and IC have to be merged. The reason I opposed the merger of NACIL destinations into AI destinations was that IX comes under NACIL and will remain a separate airline. —
AbhishekTalk to me01:09, 26 February 2011 (UTC)reply
I do not know how a booking retrieved from a 3rd party source can be considered an RS. I tried booking the same on AI website, but CMB does not even show up on the list! —
AbhishekTalk to me03:49, 23 March 2011 (UTC)reply
If Im not mistaken Colombo is a Indian Airlines destination - with the code merger its now an Air India destination. SAARC countries were serviced by Indian Airlines under IC code earlier. Around The Globeसत्यमेव जयते07:10, 23 March 2011 (UTC)reply
The correct ICAO identifier for Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) is VIDP, not VDPP.
Correct the capitalization for Chandigarh's ICAO identifier (VICG, not VIcG).
CoffeeBuzz130 (
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15:20, 17 September 2012 (UTC)reply