IA to lease 12 planes for new routes

Indian Airlines on Wednesday decided to dry-lease 12 wide-bodied aircraft between this October and March next year to launch services to new international routes and augment services to the existing ones.

The IA Board, which had decided to lease six wide-bodied planes for the purpose last September, along with three more to replace three existing A-300 B4 aircraft, on Wednesday approved a proposal to increase the number of planes to be dry-leased by three, airline officials said after the Board meeting.

With the 12 additional aircraft, the IA's fleet strength would go up to 77.