Air Sahara on Monday said it is in talks with upcoming low-cost carrier Indus Air, promoted by Kapil Mohan of Mohan Meakins Group among others, for a strategic tie up, including providing pilot, engineers and maintenance support.
"We have been approached by the Indus Air for certain support. They need some help," Alok Sharma, president, Air Sahara told PTI.
He said Air Sahara is open to such strategic alliance, which could be operational or marketing support.
"We could provide pilot, engineers and maintenance facility to the Indus Air. They need support for the CRJ aircraft of the Bombardier," Sharma said.
Indus Air is expected to start service soon and it
already has got a CRJ aircraft. Currently, Air Sahara and Indus Air are in talks with the Director General of Civil Aviation seeking permission for such kind of arrangement, he said adding under the current conditions, the approval would not be a problem.
Such arrangement would mean an additional revenue stream for Air Sahara, which is trying to consolidate its takeover deal by Jet Airways fell through. The Lucknow-based airline currently operates 134 daily flights and had recently increased seats to 17,000 from 12,000.
In the next two months, it will add two new routes on the Raipur and Amritsar routes, while on the international front, the airline is expected to soon announce two new destinations.
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