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Founded | 1996 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 21 June 1996 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Flying returns | ||||||
Alliance | Star Alliance (affiliate) | ||||||
Fleet size | 10 (March 2017) | ||||||
Destinations | 34 (January 2017) | ||||||
Company slogan | Connecting India | ||||||
Parent company | Air India Limited | ||||||
Headquarters | Delhi | ||||||
Key people | Ashwani Lohani, CMD | ||||||
Website | airindia.in |
Alliance Air is an Indian airline which was started as a low-cost arm of Indian Airlines. As part of Indian's merger with Air India, it was renamed Air India Regional. It operates 306 weekly flights to 42 domestic destinations as a subsidiary of Air India. It operates mostly in Tier-2 & Tier-3 Cities in India connecting them to major metro cities.
In March 2017 the carrier reverted back to its Alliance Air name and introduced a simplified new livery featuring Air India's former Centaur logo.
Air India Regional was established as Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines on 1 April 1996 and started operations on 15 April 1996. It was renamed Air India Regional after the merger between Air India and Indian Airlines.
The carrier is now reverting to its Alliance Air name with a revised livery, one each ATR 42 and 72 have been repainted in the new look already.
As of January 2017[update], Alliance flies to 34 destinations in India. Its operating bases are Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Kempegowda International Airport, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Alliance Air operates the following aircraft as of April 2017: