 Bangalore:
Indian Airlines plans to tie up with a domestic private
airline to service regional routes through a hub-and-spoke
arrangement.
The
move could push back Indian Airlines'' plans to buy small-capacity
aircraft such as ATRs to service its feeder routes, for
which the airline had set up an experts committee for
shortlisting the manufacturer a few years ago.
A
senior IA official says the airline is in talks with Air
Deccan to use its services as a feeder airline. Air Deccan
is a low-cost, no-frills airline. The official says under
the hub-and-spoke arrangement, passengers using Air Deccan''s
flights need not book tickets separately for their onward
journey.
A
single ticket will ensure that they can travel by an IA
flight to any of the destination covered by the airline.
The official says the tie-up with a regional airline such
as Air Deccan will lead to optimising the capacity utilisation
of the airline.
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