Pleasure to listen to every word of Mr. Mohan Ranganathan. Very depressing but true explanation for decline of Air India and Indian Airlines. And thanks to Mr. Nair for giving him enough time to explain.
I love the captain and congrats to you sir for bringing him to the show. He is straight talking and well meaning individual. Perfect combination infact as i like people who are direct and truthful.
I am watching news around 3.5 yrs but on this this is 2nd time here again gaining knowledge of Aviation industry... very enlightening editorial Sir! I will love to know more about this.
Sir, salute you for your outstanding reporting .This is my humble request to you kindly raise the issue which all common people are facing now these days due to pandemic . RBI has given the Loan restructuring facility for common borrower but the ground reality shows totally opposite picture . People like us who are working in private sector and unfortunately had lost their job , how come we would repay the loan . RBI has given all immunity to bank to make common people life miserable . kindly put out a show on this .
Rusi modi faat gaya lawyers ca toh mil hi jatein hein...... tereku kya lagta hein sirf tu hi pretti ki koi ristedaar se saadi kiya facial maar ke kya ????
Any one from Kalina, Santa Cruz...at any given point of time 24 hours you will find AI and IA vehicles offloading deisel (vans, jeeps, trucks) 40-60 liters at Rs. 25 per liter. Go to Chefair near Sahar, you want the best imported cheese, get it at 2000 a crate (blue cheese which costs more than USD 30000)...and you are talking about hi fi stuff...
Really like today's editorial. me and our chef who was a Executive chef in Taj airline catering discussing the same issues day before yesterday when we meet mr. Gajhiye who is chef officer in air India Goa. And surprising that today at our hotel mr praful Patel had his party annual meeting in panjim.
Superb episode👍🏼 Sujit! Very hard hitting! I felt sick at end of it. What are we doing with our country! All hopes dashed. Successive governments ruined the Maharaja, who is moving around in tattered clothes today.
As an aviation enthusiast, CAPTAIN everything you said makes sence. Simply said, people who don't know crap about aviation are in charge. Sad part is as long as these Babbus are in charge their won't be any progress.
Very true. I gave up watching noisy TV....only after seeing Mr. Nair's editorials few months back started watching digital news... Atleast few are bold enough to tell the other side of the news.
Hello Mr.Nair, This is one of the most objective shows of yours. Mr.Ranganathan was very candid and didn't mince words. He was not very vocal in talking about the singular contribution of Proful in the ruining of AirIndia. That is about not running AirIndia flights at the peak times from most business cities which were allocated to Private airlines you know why. The purchase of 100 plus aircraft by great Praful patel of NCP when already AirIndia's decline had started.... What Mr.Ranganrhan didn't mention is why the merger resulted in a loss while both if them were making profits earlier ? One can understand if their combined profit didn't rise..! Nevertheless, I really appreciate for you didn't hold BJP govt responsible for the mess like the Mahagyani P Prasun Bajpai keeps doing without doing any groundwork. I request you to make a show on why bsnl and MTNL ran in to losses while every Telco did well ... Regards
This ERUDITE CAPTAIN SHOOTS FROM THE HIPS. A real pleasure to listen to this gentleman. What a LOOT! Wonder how this Praful Patel got away. "Not Market Oriented but MANTRI Oriented ". That says it all !
Well said sir, more the incompetence, higher the elevation in hierarchy...netas, babus and the employees are responsible for the Air India's plight...feel sad.
Corruption by Govt is not new. Who will call them out? Who will take responsibility for the downfall of Air India. Where is our collective conscious? We miss the professionalism and honesty that was part of Mr JRD Tata's stature. There was a glow of pride for Air India then. Now, no one can fit into his shoes. Period
Mr. P.Chidamabaram was the Finance Minister and Home Minister probably the second most important for both UPA I & II. Still Trichy never had a direct flight from Trichy to Delhi direct & back. It means PCji is above all this and great, if what he says is correct. RMP Jawahar, Trichy
Air India was once the pride of this country. JRD Tata nurtured it like his own child for something like 26 years, before he was victimized through political intrigues, leading to his departure. Our ministers and bureaucrats have dragged the airline down, to a point where it has become a national liability. We are now between the devil and the deep sea. The Union Govt can neither revive it, nor sell it off. It means the debts go on piling up. The hapless citizens pay for it.
India needs administrative reforms more than economic reforms. The Bureaucracy has to be reformed to be held responsible and accountable for every policy they formulate that does not work. For example the demonstration was a good political policy but was not properly implemented by the Bureaucracy and no body was held responsible.
Air india express based at cochin is making huge profit. Its well managed wing of air india. Change air india head quarters to south india. It will become a profit making company
If you notice ,Mr Nair was not critical of the previous aviation Minister Praful Patel. All the decisions from the merger, the purchase of the aircrafts, kickbacks(Hidden) and personal taxi service was all then. When the situation is brought about this way, what does the next govt do? Then the present govt will be blamed that they are selling off a "Ratna" or Navratna PSU.
It was always a pleasure to travel by Airindia..by conspired with private airlines (without water or refreshment)it's life line was squeezed and paralysed by govts. kingfisher was the one started this first.
It’s a very simple answer. If government runs any business it’s primary focus is not to make profits, it intends to make profits but since it has indefinite source of funds (public money) it can get away with many things. Problems multiply over time and become irreversible eventually. Again I am not saying all government run businesses end up with such fate. The businesses where government sells or deals in country’s resources (again they belong to people of the country) they tend to show profits. Again that doesn’t mean they have done the best they can or done it efficiently (it won’t be even close). Actually even questioning this is a waste of time. A country plagued with so many social issues from top to grassroots it’s impossible to have state owned businesses to run efficiently. The problem is not Air India.
When Ajit Singh became CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER,he shiftned Air India's HQ to Delhi and Mumbai HQ in Nariman Point became a real estate for accomodating pvt players.Mr Singh not only sold good air crafts but also sold profitable routes to Etihad which is a questinable deal. Even after Modi govt came to power he did not shifted back air india HQ to its old and prime HQ to Air india tower in Nariman Point due to obvious reasons. If one has to trav to US or Germany has to go first to Delhi and board the plane MumbI is India' finance capital and the Tughlakian .mindset preferred to remain the air lines HQ in Delhi.Its time govt should think over some sort of tie up with TCS and handover Air India to run professionly by The Tatas who is the parent of this mismanaged national carrier. Now employees working and also retired from air india enjoy free ride to all its routes with their families.This facility needs to be reviewed to save some revenue on overhead exp.
HRM is the only difficulty with all PSU/PSB. Taking all other parameters unchanged, repair HRM and stop political/beaurecratic interference in PSU/PSB. They can do wonders.
If the Tatas would have continued running Air India we would have had a world class airline competing with the likes of Emirates, Singapore airlines and Cathy Pacifics of the world. The greatest injustice done to JRD Tata. These politicians have turned a vision into a liability.
@@npd9758 Even after nationalisation, JRD Tata continued as the chairman till 1977. He was removed once Janta Party came to power. And that is when the decay started.
@@madmax0076 FYI, the budget Carrier of Air India, Air India express became profitable only after 2016. So what is your opinion on that. In this interview also they have put indirect blame on Praful Patel, especially for the unplanned merger made in 2007.
Air India is in a mess a debt of above Rs 70000 crore all due to the mismanagement by the Babu's and Aviation Ministers and also taking their share of money in the purchase of planes all the PMs from 2004 to 2019 never bothered to look into it which is very surprising.
Sir ji .... today Air India staff & service is so lousy .... no wonder no one wants to buy it .... who wants to inherit the terrible cabin crew & planes which are always late & are arrogant about it!
There are many reasons for fall of Air India, high fuel costs, competitions with other nations Air lines, the demand for passengers,reduction of job opportunities in Gulf, high debts, alarming interest rates payable,may be the causes. I would say that there will be many more losses around the corner. That's the reason why no one else will come forward to buy this Air Line.
Our Bureaucracy which runs PSU should be send to China to learn how PSU are run as they run the most efficient PSU in the world. The problem is no Bureaucrat will go to China for training they would rather go to USA and Europe were their children are studying.
Air can not operate different locations in other countries, for example it can operate only to Colombo in Sri Lanka, at the same time Sri Lankan air lines can operate all the cities in India, Air India can operate only to London in England, but British Airways can operate any where in India,likewise in Singapore, Malaysia, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, etc., These are one of the reasons for fall of Air India.
FYI, Srilanka has only one international airport that is in Colombo. The other international airport at Hambantota is called as the world's emptiest airport and none of the international routes are operational in the airport. Finally before the pandemic Air India through Alliance Air was the first airline to operate an International flight to Jaffna in Northern Srilanka
@@npd9758 Sri Lankan Air lines have the option of operating to Chennai, Tiruchi, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and many other airports, hence they have the load.
@@asgarahamedali8268 In the entire country there are only three airports, 1) Colombo, were they are already serving 2) Hambantota - That airport itself has closed because it is not viable to run 3) Jaffna - Air India is the first and only international carrier operating in that airport. Even Srilankan Airlines does not serve in that airport.
Undha bhakts will say only godi is responsible......gain true knowledge.....this is only 1 thing many r their....only truth will b prevails with genuine information n brought forward with genuine journalism .....until all citizen will b fooled by my govt ur govt.......gain genuine knowledge only then this country will b saved 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Being a larger and strong hold as an national airline Organisation (airindia and Indian airline) fail to maintain the prestigious of our country Bharat because the inexprence beuracarat was running the shows .
Indigo is currently the market leader. indigo does not have a single Boeing 747 or 777 in it's inventory! The reason is that when you have 5 different aircrafts; the spares, the crews, the pilots all have to separate. There is no interoperabilty when you have that! That means higher costs and smaller profits! And these humongous plans can't even fill 50% of the seats! It's about time government got out of business and focused on governance!
The problem with Vijaywada or any other airport is that in India most airports haven't been thought of in long-term. What we need are airports like Changi Airports, 24x7 where they make most of their money by ancillaries which means food court, movie theatres etc. etc. Our aviation policy has been most extractive. We have the highest prices and taxes as a passenger vis-a-vis anywhere in the world. Americans can travel coast to coast for USD 100 or less. The minimum wage in U.S. is around $11 so a blue-collar worker could work for just 10 hrs. and avail a plane ticket (and this is minimum wage) while here it would be at least 2 months of salary and with at least 15-20 days booking ahead. Last minute ticket costs are way high rather than the opposite as is in U.S.
Probably the `mantri' supervises the recruitment of the flight crew as well. Two of the Air India Pilots `forgot' to retract the aircraft's landing gear after take off from Kolkotta on July 22,2017 (like driving a car with handbrakes on). They were not aware of it despite the `air drag', inability of the plane to reach higher altitude, warning indications in the new aircraft cockpit consoles and fast depleting fuel tank alerts. The Mumbai flight had to be landed at Nagpur because of fuels shortage! Some details at
The free travelling of MPs and Minister should be cancelled. Those minister including PM should first pay the money and allowing to board the Air India flight. As said Mr. RAnganathan no flights to SFO from Chennai,Bangalore Hyderabad
Very simple airindia do not want middle class to be their passenger.If the just analys the IRCTC data for route between four metropolitan city and attract the passenger from Ist class to three Tyre they will get more passengers.they fly with vaccant seat but do not reduce the fare.
Why air India, even Indian railways is a Mantri orientated. The politicians have created a mess. I hope the citizens will agree. I pressed the NOTA button in the elections and I am glad I did.
Accountability is not only when corrupt practices were being done with impunity but also after the deed is done - much later too. Why not have an inquiry and put those responsible for the losses including all these names mentioned - and put them behind bars. Captain Mohan Ranganathan is in this program bravely naming the crooks. Or else we will continue to be a third world failed country.
wouldn't make a difference. Anyways, today the bulk of aviation is with Indigo, they have 56% of the market share. And now anyways it would take almost a decade to have growth back, at least according to Boeing, see boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-10-06-Boeing-Forecasts-Challenging-Near-Term-Aerospace-Market-with-Resilience-in-Long-Term
Apart from failure of Sahara and kingfisher also ask Mohan rangnathan failure of jet airways. And what he will say on speculations Of getting new suiters for jet airways after its complete creminations
Congress & ncp is the main culprits for the downfall of AI & IA.and because of Praful Patel ncp civil aviation minister AI is dying now ,he has sucked the blood of AI by Merging AI & IA and ordering of 110 new aeroplanes.
It appears the maximum damage to the airlines was caused by Mr.Praful Patel of NCP party along with the active Babu's(IAS officers) who worked in his ministry. The idea put forth for mergers was bigger the better but unfortunately without proper merger it turned out to be a disaster may be it was deliberate on part of govt. because it thought it was easier to hand over 1 entity to their cronies & friends instead of 2 to avoid more public outcry. Unfortunately because of huge debts nobody is interested & the same goes with Bank mergers recently by the govt. & same argument is put forth. The bigger the better to compete internationally which is turning out to be a big fiasco. The hidden agenda of govt.is to offer public sector units on a platter to their cronies & friends for peanuts.
What a tragedy or maybe should say airline horror! Almost in everything that is Government run, there is such inefficiency, corruption, not what you know but who you know as Capt. Ranganathan put it. Could it be discussed further (before jumping onto King Fisher and Sahara Airlines) about Air India, so the Government and those responsible are fully exposed ?
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The captain has hit the nail on the head. Kudos to you sir. Hats off to Sujit Nair & the Captain. 🙏🙏🙏
Pleasure to listen to every word of Mr. Mohan Ranganathan. Very depressing but true explanation for decline of Air India and Indian Airlines. And thanks to Mr. Nair for giving him enough time to explain.
I love the captain and congrats to you sir for bringing him to the show. He is straight talking and well meaning individual. Perfect combination infact as i like people who are direct and truthful.
Totally agree.
I am watching news around 3.5 yrs but on this this is 2nd time here again gaining knowledge of Aviation industry... very enlightening editorial Sir! I will love to know more about this.
Sir, salute you for your outstanding reporting .This is my humble request to you kindly raise the issue which all common people are facing now these days due to pandemic . RBI has given the Loan restructuring facility for common borrower but the ground reality shows totally opposite picture . People like us who are working in private sector and unfortunately had lost their job , how come we would repay the loan . RBI has given all immunity to bank to make common people life miserable . kindly put out a show on this .
The aviation minister is responsible for the debt accumulated
There would be quite a few of them and they ALL should held Responsible and Imprisioned !!!
No
UPA govt led by Praful Patel
Mr. Mohan your honesty helps to understand the web that protracts the airline industry in India.
Plain speaking by Mr Rangnathan and hope we have professionals like you Sir. Bringing all this goings on to public, kudos to Mr Surjit
Praful Patel destroyed the airline.
Rusi modi faat gaya lawyers ca toh mil hi jatein hein...... tereku kya lagta hein sirf tu hi pretti ki koi ristedaar se saadi kiya facial maar ke kya ????
Ye railway ministor bhi tha pata hein tujhe ???
Any one from Kalina, Santa Cruz...at any given point of time 24 hours you will find AI and IA vehicles offloading deisel (vans, jeeps, trucks) 40-60 liters at Rs. 25 per liter. Go to Chefair near Sahar, you want the best imported cheese, get it at 2000 a crate (blue cheese which costs more than USD 30000)...and you are talking about hi fi stuff...
Really like today's editorial. me and our chef who was a Executive chef in Taj airline catering discussing the same issues day before yesterday when we meet mr. Gajhiye who is chef officer in air India Goa. And surprising that today at our hotel mr praful Patel had his party annual meeting in panjim.
Superb episode👍🏼 Sujit! Very hard hitting! I felt sick at end of it. What are we doing with our country! All hopes dashed. Successive governments ruined the Maharaja, who is moving around in tattered clothes today.
OMG! An eye opener Editorial.
As an aviation enthusiast, CAPTAIN everything you said makes sence. Simply said, people who don't know crap about aviation are in charge. Sad part is as long as these Babbus are in charge their won't be any progress.
I first flew Air India in 1972. It was great.
After that flight, every experience with AI was a disappointment.
That was before it was nationalized. The staff were really very polite and courteous those days.
Thank you Sujit sir for this interview. It's an eye-opener.
Good info , Mr Surjit Nair is a great journalist . We need more of such crisp, pertinent and honest news.
Very true. I gave up watching noisy TV....only after seeing Mr. Nair's editorials few months back started watching digital news... Atleast few are bold enough to tell the other side of the news.
one of the best conversations - eye-opener
Hello Mr.Nair,
This is one of the most objective shows of yours.
Mr.Ranganathan was very candid and didn't mince words.
He was not very vocal in talking about the singular contribution of Proful in the ruining of AirIndia.
That is about not running AirIndia flights at the peak times from most business cities which were allocated to Private airlines you know why.
The purchase of 100 plus aircraft by great Praful patel of NCP when already AirIndia's decline had started....
What Mr.Ranganrhan didn't mention is why the merger resulted in a loss while both if them were making profits earlier ?
One can understand if their combined profit didn't rise..!
Nevertheless, I really appreciate for you didn't hold BJP govt responsible for the mess like the Mahagyani P Prasun Bajpai keeps doing without doing any groundwork.
I request you to make a show on why bsnl and MTNL ran in to losses while every Telco did well ...
Regards
This ERUDITE CAPTAIN SHOOTS FROM THE HIPS. A real pleasure to listen to this gentleman.
What a LOOT! Wonder how this Praful Patel got away. "Not Market Oriented but MANTRI Oriented ". That says it all !
Excellent show. This information must be made public.
Sir,we need more guest speakers (experts) like Mr.Ranganathan who can shed some light on all the PSUs (in Modis Bucket list) for sale..
Sir, Perhaps, the question should be: " What was ever right with Air India"
Hahahaha...if that question was asked...the video would last 10 seconds with only the question being asked and no response...
Govt needs to give management to mr Rangnathan with free hand if they want to save AI
Well said sir, more the incompetence, higher the elevation in hierarchy...netas, babus and the employees are responsible for the Air India's plight...feel sad.
I've always enjoyed my travel with Air India inside the aircraft. But services at the airport terminals can really be improved.
Corruption by Govt is not new. Who will call them out? Who will take responsibility for the downfall of Air India. Where is our collective conscious? We miss the professionalism and honesty that was part of Mr JRD Tata's stature. There was a glow of pride for Air India then. Now, no one can fit into his shoes. Period
Insightful indeed.
"Whom you know is that matters,
Not what you know". A terrible revelation in Air India and Indian Airline.
Air India has become the golden eggs laying duck for politicians and executives or bureaucracy personnel working in government.
Praful Patel happened to Air India...shares in private airlines
Mohanji you are a real blunt talker.
Mr. P.Chidamabaram was the Finance Minister and Home Minister probably the second most important for both UPA I & II. Still Trichy never had a direct flight from Trichy to Delhi direct & back. It means PCji is above all this and great, if what he says is correct.
RMP Jawahar,
Trichy
Excellent Discussion And Deliberations ... Enriching 👍
Bravo Captain! Rarely people are this brutally frank.
Such honest personals should run Govt entity
Where is Akilesh !!!??? That's the most important question
Air India was once the pride of this country. JRD Tata nurtured it like his own child for something like 26 years, before he was victimized through political intrigues, leading to his departure. Our ministers and bureaucrats have dragged the airline down, to a point where it has become a national liability. We are now between the devil and the deep sea. The Union Govt can neither revive it, nor sell it off. It means the debts go on piling up. The hapless citizens pay for it.
sujit ji great analysis
India needs administrative reforms more than economic reforms. The Bureaucracy has to be reformed to be held responsible and accountable for every policy they formulate that does not work. For example the demonstration was a good political policy but was not properly implemented by the Bureaucracy and no body was held responsible.
Air india express based at cochin is making huge profit.
Its well managed wing of air india.
Change air india head quarters to south india. It will become a profit making company
Aviation minister should be asked questions
But overstaffed as any govt organisations
Initially Sujit Nair was making correct assessment earlier but now it appears there is change in his attitude.
Very true facts 👌🏽
I have traveled on Air India when it was the best airline of the world! Now you can guess my age!
If you notice ,Mr Nair was not critical of the previous aviation Minister Praful Patel. All the decisions from the merger, the purchase of the aircrafts, kickbacks(Hidden) and personal taxi service was all then. When the situation is brought about this way, what does the next govt do? Then the present govt will be blamed that they are selling off a "Ratna" or Navratna PSU.
It was always a pleasure to travel by Airindia..by conspired with private airlines (without water or refreshment)it's life line was squeezed and paralysed by govts. kingfisher was the one started this first.
Liked the interview very much .Iam retd official from Airports Airports India can u pl make a video on the merger of IAAI and NAA 1995 thanks
It’s a very simple answer. If government runs any business it’s primary focus is not to make profits, it intends to make profits but since it has indefinite source of funds (public money) it can get away with many things. Problems multiply over time and become irreversible eventually. Again I am not saying all government run businesses end up with such fate. The businesses where government sells or deals in country’s resources (again they belong to people of the country) they tend to show profits. Again that doesn’t mean they have done the best they can or done it efficiently (it won’t be even close). Actually even questioning this is a waste of time. A country plagued with so many social issues from top to grassroots it’s impossible to have state owned businesses to run efficiently. The problem is not Air India.
Very nice
VB flights was a mess.
They charged me 90k till Frankfurt from Delhi.
Woah! It should have been same price or lower! 90K is highway robbery
It arrived 4 hours late in Germany thereby making me miss my other flight.
@@devas1993 let me guess...they didn't compensate you for the missed flight.
I wish they did. It was Lufthansa and they accommodated me into a different flight.
I had to wait there for 10 hours inside the airport
Ridiculous Mantri Raj. How long we will continue like this ?
Thats why Praful Patel is one of the richest politician in India
And donot forget the number of fatal crashes or incidents in the last 15 years.
Accountability must be fixed sooner than later in the mess created by the people at the helm of affairs.
When Ajit Singh became CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER,he shiftned Air India's HQ to Delhi and Mumbai HQ in Nariman Point became a real estate for accomodating pvt players.Mr Singh not only sold good air crafts but also sold profitable routes to Etihad which is a questinable deal. Even after Modi govt came to power he did not shifted back air india HQ to its old and prime HQ to Air india tower in Nariman Point due to obvious reasons. If one has to trav to US or Germany has to go first to Delhi and board the plane MumbI is India' finance capital and the Tughlakian .mindset preferred to remain the air lines HQ in Delhi.Its time govt should think over some sort of tie up with TCS and handover Air India to run professionly by The Tatas who is the parent of this mismanaged national carrier. Now employees working and also retired from air india enjoy free ride to all its routes with their families.This facility needs to be reviewed to save some revenue on overhead exp.
Babu management was responsible for Air India's woes.
Even I stuck in thiland till today having air india return ticket but they no accommodate
HRM is the only difficulty with all PSU/PSB. Taking all other parameters unchanged, repair HRM and stop political/beaurecratic interference in PSU/PSB. They can do wonders.
The real facts of the problem in India is that, the politicians, the Babu's and the bureaucrats are real stumbling for the development of our country.
Lutyens Looted it.
Praful Patel took the final cut.
Why spend 24 minutes on it ❓️🤭
Air India was run as a private airline for govt, ministers, babus and chamchas, no wonder it is what it is today.
air india is dead and the gentleman is precise and saying each and everything to the point and totally true i have personally observed it in my own .
If the Tatas would have continued running Air India we would have had a world class airline competing with the likes of Emirates, Singapore airlines and Cathy Pacifics of the world. The greatest injustice done to JRD Tata. These politicians have turned a vision into a liability.
After 1950s many airlines around the world were nationalized.
USA was the only country that encouraged a private participation in airline sector
@@npd9758 Even after nationalisation, JRD Tata continued as the chairman till 1977. He was removed once Janta Party came to power. And that is when the decay started.
@@madmax0076
FYI, the budget Carrier of Air India, Air India express became profitable only after 2016.
So what is your opinion on that.
In this interview also they have put indirect blame on Praful Patel, especially for the unplanned merger made in 2007.
@Manoranjan Das
It it earned its first net profit only in 2016-17 my friend.
The profit you talk about is its operating profit
Air India is in a mess a debt of above Rs 70000 crore all due to the mismanagement by the Babu's and Aviation Ministers and also taking their share of money in the purchase of planes all the PMs from 2004 to 2019 never bothered to look into it which is very surprising.
Sir ji .... today Air India staff & service is so lousy .... no wonder no one wants to buy it .... who wants to inherit the terrible cabin crew & planes which are always late & are arrogant about it!
I used to l flew only on Indigo.
There are many reasons for fall of Air India, high fuel costs, competitions with other nations Air lines, the demand for passengers,reduction of job opportunities in Gulf, high debts, alarming interest rates payable,may be the causes. I would say that there will be many more losses around the corner. That's the reason why no one else will come forward to buy this Air Line.
Big knowledge about die of AI
Our Bureaucracy which runs PSU should be send to China to learn how PSU are run as they run the most efficient PSU in the world. The problem is no Bureaucrat will go to China for training they would rather go to USA and Europe were their children are studying.
In most countries airlines are in red, and what about mallayas airline?
Air can not operate different locations in other countries, for example it can operate only to Colombo in Sri Lanka, at the same time Sri Lankan air lines can operate all the cities in India, Air India can operate only to London in England, but British Airways can operate any where in India,likewise in Singapore, Malaysia, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, etc., These are one of the reasons for fall of Air India.
FYI, Srilanka has only one international airport that is in Colombo.
The other international airport at Hambantota is called as the world's emptiest airport and none of the international routes are operational in the airport.
Finally before the pandemic Air India through Alliance Air was the first airline to operate an International flight to Jaffna in Northern Srilanka
@@npd9758 Sri Lankan Air lines have the option of operating to Chennai, Tiruchi, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and many other airports, hence they have the load.
@@asgarahamedali8268
Check the amount of cities that are in Srilanka having an airport.
@@npd9758 Share where and all Air India operating in Sri Lankan cities.
@@asgarahamedali8268
In the entire country there are only three airports,
1) Colombo, were they are already serving
2) Hambantota - That airport itself has closed because it is not viable to run
3) Jaffna - Air India is the first and only international carrier operating in that airport.
Even Srilankan Airlines does not serve in that airport.
Because of morarji Desai tata moved from Air India, just not given the room in Tata Hotel group and second reason is Reservation.
How sad! At the bottom is the general attitude to shrug off things and forget the accountability for the catastrophe.
Removing the Hajj subsidy took down air India
Undha bhakts will say only godi is responsible......gain true knowledge.....this is only 1 thing many r their....only truth will b prevails with genuine information n brought forward with genuine journalism .....until all citizen will b fooled by my govt ur govt.......gain genuine knowledge only then this country will b saved 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Being a larger and strong hold as an national airline Organisation (airindia and Indian airline) fail to maintain the prestigious of our country Bharat because the inexprence beuracarat was running the shows
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Indigo is currently the market leader. indigo does not have a single Boeing 747 or 777 in it's inventory! The reason is that when you have 5 different aircrafts; the spares, the crews, the pilots all have to separate. There is no interoperabilty when you have that! That means higher costs and smaller profits! And these humongous plans can't even fill 50% of the seats! It's about time government got out of business and focused on governance!
When an airline cannot make money with a huge domectic and international passengers on its own turf, it doesn't deserve to survive.
That debt is a direct result of what was done during UPA era....
Current minister should be blamed for this mess
How well you are connected in the management is the funda everywhere and reached to another level during modi era which is visible in his own cabinet.
Sorry to contradict, Vijayawada route was profitable and with sufficient passengers.
The problem with Vijaywada or any other airport is that in India most airports haven't been thought of in long-term. What we need are airports like Changi Airports, 24x7 where they make most of their money by ancillaries which means food court, movie theatres etc. etc. Our aviation policy has been most extractive. We have the highest prices and taxes as a passenger vis-a-vis anywhere in the world. Americans can travel coast to coast for USD 100 or less. The minimum wage in U.S. is around $11 so a blue-collar worker could work for just 10 hrs. and avail a plane ticket (and this is minimum wage) while here it would be at least 2 months of salary and with at least 15-20 days booking ahead. Last minute ticket costs are way high rather than the opposite as is in U.S.
The guest speaker should’ve been better.
Probably the `mantri' supervises the recruitment of the flight crew as well. Two of the Air India Pilots `forgot' to retract the aircraft's landing gear after take off from Kolkotta on July 22,2017 (like driving a car with handbrakes on). They were not aware of it despite the `air drag', inability of the plane to reach higher altitude, warning indications in the new aircraft cockpit consoles and fast depleting fuel tank alerts. The Mumbai flight had to be landed at Nagpur because of fuels shortage!
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The free travelling of MPs and Minister should be cancelled. Those minister including PM should first pay the money and allowing to board the Air India flight. As said Mr. RAnganathan no flights to SFO from Chennai,Bangalore Hyderabad
It's Indian, what do we expect! Does anything good comes out of this country? NO
Very simple airindia do not want middle class to be their passenger.If the just analys the IRCTC data for route between four metropolitan city and attract the passenger from Ist class to three Tyre they will get more passengers.they fly with vaccant seat but do not reduce the fare.
Why air India, even Indian railways is a Mantri orientated.
The politicians have created a mess.
I hope the citizens will agree.
I pressed the NOTA button in the elections and I am glad I did.
Accountability is not only when corrupt practices were being done with impunity but also after the deed is done - much later too. Why not have an inquiry and put those responsible for the losses including all these names mentioned - and put them behind bars. Captain Mohan Ranganathan is in this program bravely naming the crooks. Or else we will continue to be a third world failed country.
He is not afraid to put the responsibilities and after hearing the horror tales i support privatization.
wouldn't make a difference. Anyways, today the bulk of aviation is with Indigo, they have 56% of the market share. And now anyways it would take almost a decade to have growth back, at least according to Boeing, see boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-10-06-Boeing-Forecasts-Challenging-Near-Term-Aerospace-Market-with-Resilience-in-Long-Term
Who will bell the cat (politicians & Babu's)
Apart from failure of Sahara and kingfisher also ask Mohan rangnathan failure of jet airways. And what he will say on speculations Of getting new suiters for jet airways after its complete creminations
*Flew AI once from CDG Paris sitting under a leaking roof, in business class!*
" What has ever been right with Air India ? "
Congress & ncp is the main culprits for the downfall of AI & IA.and because of Praful Patel ncp civil aviation minister AI is dying now ,he has sucked the blood of AI by Merging AI & IA and ordering of 110 new aeroplanes.
Plus Pakistan's blockade of Indians airlines to fly over Pakistan put few nails in the coffin of Air India as well.
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It appears the maximum damage to the airlines was caused by Mr.Praful Patel of NCP party along with the active Babu's(IAS officers) who worked in his ministry. The idea put forth for mergers was bigger the better but unfortunately without proper merger it turned out to be a disaster may be it was deliberate on part of govt. because it thought it was easier to hand over 1 entity to their cronies & friends instead of 2 to avoid more public outcry. Unfortunately because of huge debts nobody is interested & the same goes with Bank mergers recently by the govt. & same argument is put forth. The bigger the better to compete internationally which is turning out to be a big fiasco. The hidden agenda of govt.is to offer public sector units on a platter to their cronies & friends for peanuts.
What a tragedy or maybe should say airline horror! Almost in everything that is Government run, there is such inefficiency, corruption, not what you know but who you know as Capt. Ranganathan put it. Could it be discussed further (before jumping onto King Fisher and Sahara Airlines) about Air India, so the Government and those responsible are fully exposed ?
Change the capital of India.