Air Sahara
IATA S2	ICAO SHD	Callsign Sahara
Founded		1991
Hubs		Indira Gandhi International Airport
Focus cities / secondary hubs		Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore
Fleet size		26
Destinations		26
Parent company		Sahara India Pariwar
Headquarters		New Delhi
Key people		Subrata Roy (founder and owner), Alok Sharma (President)
Website: http://www.airsahara.net

Air Sahara is an airline based in New Delhi, India. It is a privately owned airline operating scheduled services connecting all metropolitan centres in India. The airline also provides helicopters which are available for charter services and aerial photography. Its main base is Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, with hubs at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, Chennai International Airport, Chennai and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata. The uncertainty over the airline's fare has caused its share of the domestic Indian air transport market, from approximately 11% in January 2006 to a reported 8.5% in April. Image File history File links AirSaharaLogo. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP), located in the city of Delhi, India is one of Indias main domestic and international gateways. ... In the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has flights to at least several destinations other than its hubs. ... MumbaÄ« (Marathi: मुंबई, IPA: ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India and the world, with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006)[1]. Mumbai is located on the west coast of Maharashtra. ... The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ... Chennai   (Tamil: ), formerly known as Madras  , is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolitan city. ... Hyderabad or Haydarābād (Telugu: హైదరాబాదు Urdu: حیدر آباد ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ...   (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly  ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Bangalore (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Sahara India Pariwar is among Indias largest private enterprises . ... The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ... Subrata Roy is the chairman and managing worker of the Sahara Group of Companies based in India. ... A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ... Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP), located in the city of Delhi, India is one of Indias main domestic and international gateways. ... Begumpet Airport (IATA: HYD, ICAO: VOHY) at Hyderabad, is currently, the only International Airport in Andhra Pradesh. ... Hyderabad or Haydarābād (Telugu: హైదరాబాదు Urdu: حیدر آباد ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB), formerly Sahar International Airport, is an airport in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. ... MumbaÄ« (Marathi: मुंबई, IPA: ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India and the world, with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006)[1]. Mumbai is located on the west coast of Maharashtra. ... Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is located in Meenambakkam, 7 km south of Chennai, India. ... Chennai   (Tamil: ), formerly known as Madras  , is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolitan city. ... Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (IATA: CCU, ICAO: VECC) is an airport located in Dum Dum, West Bengal, India, near Kolkata (Calcutta). ...   (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly  ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...

History

The airline was established on 20 September 1991 and began operations on 3 December 1993 with two Boeing 737-200 aircraft as Sahara Airlines. Initially services were primarily concentrated in the northern sectors of India, keeping Delhi as its base, and then operations were extended to cover all the country. Sahara Airlines was rebranded as Air Sahara on 2 October 2000, although Sahara Airlines remains the carrier's registered name. On 22 March 2004 it became an international carrier with the start of flights from Chennai to Colombo. It is part of the major Sahara India Pariwar business conglomerate. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium-range, narrowbody commercial passenger jet aircraft. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chennai   (Tamil: ), formerly known as Madras  , is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolitan city. ... Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: District Colombo Division, Colombo District Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Independent Group) Area    - City 248 mi²/ 642 km²  - Land / km²  - Water / km² Population    - City (2001) 377,396 (Colombo metropolitan area 2001 census)  - Density 3,305/km²  - Metro 2,234,289 (Colombo District) Time... Sahara India Pariwar is among Indias largest private enterprises . ...

Proposed Jet Airways takeover and aftermath

On January 19, 2006 Jet Airways announced that it was to buy Air Sahara for $500 million in an all-cash deal. Everything, including Sahara's assets and infrastructure would belong to Jet Airways. This deal would have been the biggest in India's aviation history and the resulting airline the country's largest, had it gone through. Jet Airways management had planned to rename Air Sahara to "Trans Jet", with a separate corporate logo and livery. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jet Airways is an airline based in India serving domestic and international routes. ... Jet Airways is an airline based in India serving domestic and international routes. ...

The Indian Government had initially expressed its doubts on whether such a deal was legal, since no such deal had previously taken place in Indian Civil Aviation. However the Indian Civil Aviation Ministry ultimately gave approval in principle for the deal.

Market reaction to the deal was mixed, with many analysts suggesting that Jet Airways was paying too much for Air Sahara. The deadline for the deal to be completed was June 21, 2006, but in the days before this, the chances of the takeover being completed began to look shakier. Jet Airways claimed that a final sticking point was the government's delay in giving Jet chairman Naresh Goyal approval to be apointed to the Air Sahara board. Air Sahara countered that Jet Airways had engineered this impasse by delaying the request for such approval, as a way of extricating themselves from a deal they now regretted. Jet was said to be willing to go ahead with the deal only if the originally agreed price was lowered by 20-25% on the basis of Sahara's mounting debts, an option which was firmly rejected by Air Sahara. Finally both sides confirmed that the deal was off. June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... Naresh Goyal is the founder Chairman of Jet Airways. ...

Following the failure of the deal, the companies have now filed lawsuits seeking damages from each other. [1]

Services

Air Sahara operates the following services (as of December 2005):

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Dibrugarh, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Srinagar,Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam.
• International scheduled destinations: Colombo, Kathmandu, Durban, Singapore,London Heathrow and Chicago.
• Helicopter charter services are operated between Delhi and Mumbai.
• Flights to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Seoul are planned.

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Codeshare with AA

Air Sahara currently codeshares with American Airlines American Airlines and American Eagle aircraft at San Juan American Airlines is the largest airline in the world in terms of total passengers transported and fleet size, and the second-largest airline in the world (behind Air France-KLM) in terms of total operating revenues. ...

Fleet

The Air Sahara fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at January 2005):

• 1 Boeing 767-300
• 8 Boeing 737-700
• 3 Boeing 737-800 (further 10 on order, deliveries are scheduled to begin in mid 2009 and the last in 2010)
• 5 Boeing 737-400
• 3 Boeing 737-300
• 3 Bombardier CRJ-200ER
• 4 Bombardier CRJ-200LR

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Air Sahara average fleet age is 6.5 years old in june 2006.

The airlines also operates Helicopters on non-scheduled routes.

• 3 Ecureuil Helicopter
• 1 Dauphin Helicopter

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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today confirmed a previously unidentified Air Sahara order for 10 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes. Air Sahara placed the order in the first quarter of 2006 and was listed in the unidentified category on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries web site. Valued at more than $700 million at list prices, deliveries are scheduled to begin in mid 2009.

See also

• Jet Airways

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External links

• Jet Airways Purchases Air Sahara
• Air Sahara
• Air Sahara Fleet Age
• Air Sahara Boeing Fleet Detail
• Air Sahara Passenger Opinions
• ↑ Airliner World April 2005 issue
• Air Sahara now enters US market

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