Air India Group (Air India and Air India Express) Since the Launch of Vande Bharat Flights on 7Th May 2020
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The flight of maharaja during the pandemic The Flight of Maharaja During The Pandemic More than 2.6 millions passengers evacuated till date i.e. both, into India as well as from India, by Air India group (Air India and Air India Express) since the launch of Vande Bharat Flights on 7th May 2020 Since the restart of domestic operations, post lockdown, on 25th May 2020, total domestic passenger flown per day have grown from almost 27K per day to ~ 300K presently, which is 80% of Pre-COVID levels. Domestic Travel near normal International Air Bubble Restarting Domestic Operations at Vande 30% level Bharat Wuhan Halt of all International Operations (Domestic Operations also halted on 25th March) 31 Jan ‘20 19 Mar ‘20 07 May ‘20 25 May ‘20 23 July ‘20 8 Mar ‘21 2 Average Daily Domestic Passengers 300000 276255 244660 250000 230593 207450 200000 166215 150000 128802 100000 88948 66700 49511 50000 27142 0 Apr'20 May'20 Jun'20 July'20 Aug'20 Sep'20 Oct'20 Nov'20 Dec'20 Jan'21 Feb'21 Phenomenal growth in domestic traffic post lock down bears a testimony to the faith of passengers in the safety measures taken by the Government while opening the skies. 3 LANDING The epicentre of the Pandemic at Wuhan outbreak BRAVING ALL ODDS January 31, 2020 4 4 The Saga of Repatriation Flights Air India’s Braveheart's made an epic landing at Wuhan as early as 31st January, 2020, amidst an eerie uncertainty. Another flight landed the next day – handled with care & concern. No stone was left unturned to ensure safety of passengers. Since then, the saga of evacuation flights continues... Tokyo, Paris, Rome, Tel Aviv, Frankfurt… this morphed into the Vande Bharat Mission ... 5 Vande Bharat Flights – From 7th May 2020 • Air India operated to 76 destinations from 54 countries across the world under Vande Bharat. • Of these 76 destinations, 36 new destinations in 30 countries, not been flown to by Air India before! 6 6 Vande Bharat Flights 7 New Destination under Vande Bharat Flights Data till 7th Mar 2021 Sr. No. Country New Destinations No. of flights Pax 1 Armenia Zvartnots 10 816 2 Australia Adelaide 2 322 3 Belarus Minsk 2 130 4 Belgium Brussels 4 520 5 Cambodia Phnom Penh 8 747 6 Canada Vancouver 156 33990 7 Ningbo 2 266 China 8 Guangzhou 6 908 9 Djibouti Djibouti 2 119 10 Egypt Cairo 6 703 11 Finland Finland 2 395 12 Georgia Tbilisi 8 653 13 Indonesia Jakarta 8 1097 14 Ireland Dublin 3 733 15 Jordan Amman 8 920 16 Almaty 10 826 17 Sary-Arka 6 430 Kazakhstan 18 Akmola 2 132 19 Astana 4 337 20 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 90 7280 21 Malaysia Kuala-Lumpur 450 44698 8 Continued… New Destination under Vande Bharat Flights Data till 7th Mar 2021 Sr. No. Country New Destinations No. of flights Pax 22 Mauritius Mauritius 6 812 23 Netherlands Amsterdam 12 2003 24 New Zealand Auckland 22 4127 25 Nigeria Lagos 30 4389 26 Cebu 14 1221 Phillipines 27 Manila 45 4452 28 Russia Moscow 56 4133 29 Seychelles Seychelles 4 412 30 South Africa Johannesburg 4 570 31 Tajikistan Dushanbe 4 348 32 Turkey Istanbul 2 207 33 UAE Salalah 97 10684 34 Ukraine Boryspil 70 5628 35 Hanoi 6 381 Vietnam 36 Vietnam 8 685 9 Not Just Humans, Relief by Way of Cargo too Not oNly passeNgers… special cargo flights kept bringing essential medical supplies… Working closely with Government under Mission Lifeline UDAN to make sure critical medical supplies and other essential items from overseas and to reach every corners of India touching about 100 airports across India. In addition multiple flights operate across the world to distribute medical supplies to various countries. 10 Women Power All Women Crew Polar Flight • 14% of pilots in Air India are women (210 in number) • First All Women crew flight over North pole 10th January 2021 creating history. (AI 176 from SFO to Bengaluru) • Very challenging as Magnetic Compass is unreliable over pole with complete dependency on GPS and Inertial Navigation. Unpredictable weather. • Scarce alternate airports for emergency landings. • Reduced travel time by 31 minutes. 11 Air India Flights to USA • First flight to US on 14th February 1960 from Mumbai to New York via London with iconic Boeing 707 aircraft • First direct flight from Mumbai to New York by Boeing 747 aircraft started in 1993 • Air India direct flights cover all the major clusters of India diaspora i.e. New York / Newark, Washington, Chicago and SFO. • In January 2021, started three new direct flights i.e. between Bengaluru and SFO; Hyderabad and Chicago and, New Delhi and Newark. 12 Safety First Fly Safe - Fly Air India • Our safety standards passed the top most scrutiny of the Apex Court and medical bodies after due deliberations. • Strict compliance of ICMR / Health Ministry guidelines for RT-PCR testing, wearing of PPE kits for crew etc. • Strict norms for passengers i.r.o. mask, face-shield, sanitisers, wrap around gown for middle seat passengers, physical distancing. • Rigorous pre and post flight sanitisation of aircraft. 13 Thank You! Vande Bharat Flights as on 07 March 2021 Inbound Flights Outbound Flights Phase No. of No. of Passengers No. of Passengers No. of Flights Flights Carried Carried Total of Phase 1 (10 days) 64 12708 64 3562 Total of Phase 2 (29 days) 325 59576 325 15721 Total of Phase 3 (25 days) 455 89243 455 43577 Total of Phase 4 (31 days) 640 114602 635 52574 Air India Group Total of Phase 5 (31 days) 738 123773 734 75240 Total of Phase 6 (61 days) 1798 250425 1798 196134 Total of Phase 7 (61 days) 2372 388245 2372 274782 Total of Phase 8 (59 days) 2799 430616 2797 383916 Total of Phase 9 (7 days) 327 51678 342 47958 Inbound Flights Outbound Flights Phase – 9 No. of No. of Passengers No. of Passengers No. of Flights Flights Carried Carried Air India Group Total till Mar 06, 2021 273 43926 288 40577 Total till Mar 06, 2021 128 23124 134 21023 Air India On Mar 07, 2021 25 4349 30 4455 Total till Mar 07, 2021 153 27473 164 25478 Total till Mar 06, 2021 145 20802 154 19554 Air India Exp On Mar 07, 2021 29 3403 24 2926 Total till Mar 07, 2021 174 24205 178 22480 Air India Group On Mar 07, 2021 54 7752 54 7381 Air India Group Total till Mar 07, 2021 327 51678 342 47958 Air India Group Total of Phase 1 to 9 9518 1520866 9522 1093464 15 .