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1 Revue de presse du 1er au 29 janvier 2020 New Delhi: InterGlobe Aviation, parent of the country's largest airline IndiGo, on Monday announced redesignating Ronojoy Dutta as the company's whole-time director and CEO. Dutta, who is currently the CEO, has been redesignated with immediate effect and his term in the new role would be valid till 23 January 2024, according to a release. "The decision was taken unanimously by the board of directors of the company at its meeting held today (Monday)," it added. Dutta has been associated with the company as CEO since 24 January 2019. "During his year-long stint with the company, IndiGo has witnessed aggressive operational and business expansion. "Dutta's extensive experience in the aviation industry channelled IndiGo's efforts into a mission to boost economic growth and social cohesion in India, by providing air connectivity and affordable airfares across our country and to international destinations, thereby promoting trade, tourism and mobility," the release said. 28/01/20 PTI/First Post Le gouvernement indien a lancé le processus de privatisation de la compagnie aérienne Air India, 100% du capital étant désormais concerné. Les low cost IndiGo et SpiceJet seraient intéressées, mais il faudra au passage régler les 3,26 milliards de dette restantes après un effacement partiel par l’Etat. Après un premier échec pour vendre 76% du capital de la compagnie nationale, le gouvernement a fixé les conditions et le calendrier pour sa vente totale. Dans l’appel à expression d’intérêt (EOI) publié le 27 janvier 2020, il fixe au 17 mars prochain la date limite de la première phase, avec le dépôt de « questions » fixé au plus tard au 11 février. La liste des candidats retenus sera publiée au plus tard le 31 mars, une shortlist devant ensuite rassembler ceux qui participeront à la deuxième phase. Le gouvernement propose de vendre 100% d’Air India, 100% de la filiale low cost Air India Express, et 50% d’Air India SATS Airport Services (une coentreprise avec Singapore Airlines) ; en revanche la compagnie régionale Alliance Air, le catering et l’unité MRO de la compagnie nationale ne sont pas inclus dans la vente. La société Ernst & Young a été nommé conseiller unique pour la transaction. La compagnie nationale ne peut toujours pas être détenue en majorité par un actionnaire étranger, et le ou les acquéreurs devront démontrer leur fiabilité financière (le seuil a cependant été abaissé pour les compagnies locales, permettant à SpiceJet et Vistara de rejoindre IndiGo dans la liste des acquéreurs potentiels). Notamment parce que les repreneurs devront prendre à leur charge 3,26 milliards de dollars de dette, une somme toutefois réduite depuis mars dernier avec la création d’un « véhicule spécial » appelé Air India Assets Holding Ltd. (AIAHL) pour stocker 4,1 autres milliard de dollars, une partie de la dette accumulée au fil des ans par la compagnie aérienne. AIAHL devrait également « accueillir » des filiales d’Air India, dans les opérations au sol, la maintenance ou dans la gestion d’hôtels notamment. 2 Lors de la précédente tentative de privatisation de la compagnie de Star Alliance, l’échec avait été attribué non seulement au montant de la dette, mais aussi au fait que le gouvernement voulait conserver 24% du capital. Selon le document publié hier, Air India et Air India Express détiennent 12,8% du marché domestique (contre 80% pour les low cost) et 50,64% du marché international en Inde (pour les seules compagnies sindiennes ; 18,4% en comptant les transporteurs étrangers), dans un pays où le trafic aérien a été multiplié par six durant les dix dernières années. Un des actifs mis en avant par le gouvernement est bien sûr les créneaux de vol que la compagnie détient dans les aéroports du pays et à l’étranger, par exemple à Londres-Heathrow. Côté flotte, Air India opère 121 avions dont 43 gros-porteurs (dont 27 Boeing 787-8 et quinze 777- 300ER) et 78 monocouloirs Airbus (dont 27 A320neo tous loués). Sur le total, 32 sont détenus, 33 sont sous contrat de location-financement, 21 sont sous contrat de cession-bail et 35 sont loués à sec. Le total de la flotte comprend en outre 18 avions immobilisés. La low cost Air India Express est répertoriée comme ayant 25 Boeing 737-800 dont 10 en propriété, sept en location-financement et huit en location à sec. Air Journal 28/01/2020 Varanasi: A rat caused considerable commotion in an Air India flight at the Lal Bahadur Shastri airport in Varanasi. The aircraft that was taxing on the runway on Sunday, was brought back after some passengers saw a rat on board. All passengers were deboarded and a search for the rat began. The rodent remained elusive and the flight was cancelled after which the passengers created ruckus. The flight AI 691 from Varanasi to Dehradun was again searched but the rat was nowhere to be found. The passengers were taken to a hotel and were later adjusted in other flights to their destination. A senior AI official said in Lucknow that the flight could not take off with the rat since it could have nibbled away at some wire, causing technical snag during the flight. Engineers were later called in from Delhi and renewed efforts were made to find the rat. When the rat remained untraceable, pesticide was sprayed inside the aircraft to ensure that the missing rat did not survive. The aircraft remained shut for almost 12 hours. The rat, alive or dead, has still not been found. The aircraft has resumed operation and has flown to Dehradun. 28/01/20 IANS/New Indian Express Mumbai | New Delhi: Vistara, the airline majority-owned by the Tata Group, may explore opportunities to bid for Air India, executives close to the matter said, even as industry insiders said they expect the national carrier to finally find a buyer with the government offering to sell 100% 3 stake. On the face of it, the 100% divestment offer “does not seem worth rejecting” and therefore makes it as attractive to Tatas as to other industry players, said an executive. “There is the emotional goodwill part to it too, considering that it was part of the Tatas initially (before the government nationalised Air India). It is too early though to make any blanket statement,” said the executive. “We have just received the documents and there is a lot of matters that need detailed consideration in terms of its financial status.” Vistara, jointly owned by Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, may consider the opportunity through an alliance with an investor or another airline as it would be a tough task for a single player to handle the acquisition. Tata Sons declined to comment. Acquiring Air India would give Vistara a significant foothold into the national carrier’s network, something it needs for scale. Vistara, which started with a capital of $100 crore, has been slow to expand and currently accounts for just 6.1% of the domestic market. It started international flights only last year. Until November last year, Air India and its regional subsidiary, Air India Express, ferried the highest number of international passengers among Indian carriers. In fiscal 2019, it carried around 22.1 million passengers. As of end-November 2019, it had a fleet of 121 planes. 28/01/20 Kala Vijayraghavan/Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times Bengaluru: Despite the turbulence in the aviation industry in 2019, the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) was patronised by 33.65 million flyers, giving it a 4.1% growth in traffic compared to the previous year. The highest ever traffic in a single day was recorded almost a year ago (January 20, 2019) with 1,09,174 passengers. The big story in this growth figure is the handsome upswing of 14% in international passenger volume, said an official release from Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) airport operator. This translated to 4.27 million flyovers in 2019 as compared to 2018. Domestic traffic grew by a modest 2.6% touching 28.78 million last year as compared to 28.05 million in 2018. The closure of Jet Airways and the grounding of A320 Neo aircraft which caused supply side issues had taken a toll on the industry as a whole. The ripple effect of it at KIA was the reduction of its Air Traffic Movements (Arrival/Departures) with a 0.1%, compared to double digit growth figures annually from 2014 to 2018. These factors had a ripple effect as the ATMs at BLR Airport were down by 0.1% as against the double-digit figure witnessed annually during the previous five years (2014-2018 ). The total ATMs during 2019 was 2,35,058 as compared to 2,35,190 in 2018. The dip in ATM was mainly due to the slump in domestic movements by 1.8% though international movements soared by 13%. A total of 30,556 international ATMs took place. In a reversal of positions, domestic cargo growth was positive while international growth went down. Domestic cargo grew by 4.1% with a total of 1,49,603 Metric Tonnes (MT) processed as against 1,43,701 MT in 2018. In the same period, international cargo dropped by 4.1%. This brought down the overall cargo shipment down by 1.0%. Hari Marar, MD and CEO of BIAL, said, “The aviation market in India is in recovery mode after a volatile period. We estimate that passenger volumes at BLR Airport will be between 55 and 65 4 million passengers per annum (mppa) in the next five years. To support this growth, BIAL is investing Rs 13,000 crore for infrastructure expansion, including the South Runway, which is operational, and the first phase of Terminal 2.” 28/01/20 New Indian Express Pune: MP Girish Bapat, the chairman of the Lohegaon airport advisory panel, on Monday said the frequency of flights had reduced at the facility as the Indian Air Force was not ready to provide additional daytime slots for civil flight movements.