Talk:List of Air India destinations

Merge / Deletion Suggestions
What's the reason for requesting the merge / deletion? Jasepl (talk) 17:32, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * don't know. It should be merged into the main article. Destinations for most airlines have their own pages. Cashier freak (talk) 22:33, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Air India has flights to Bangalore. Why is it that Bangalore has been included in the terminated destinations of the airline? I have flown in Air India from Bangalore to Mumbai twice. I edited that part twice, but it was reverted back. If you need reference try booking a flight from Bangalore by Air India, you'll know then.
 * Flights to Bangalore are operated by Indian Airlines, with Indian Airlines aircraft eventhough their carry an AI code. The two airlines are currently in the process of merging but are NOT merged yet. Once the 2 carriers' have completed their merger *i.e. an single operating certificate is achieved), then all the former IC flights will be Air India flights. Until then, all flights flown on Indian Airlines aircraft, crews, etc. should be listed as Indian Airlines flights. There has been numerous discussions on this matter. Snoozlepet (talk) 22:09, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Bangalore, Goa, Calcutta etc
Air India do NOT fly to these cities. Granted, the flight may have an Air India code, and it may even be painted in the Air India livery, but the flight is flown by Indian Airlines, on aircraft owned by Indian Airlines. Air India simply place their code on the flight. Per the rules at WP:Airlines and WP:Airports, we list the operating carrier only, not the carrier(s) placing their code on such a flight. At this time, Air India and Indian Airlines have NOT merged. Ergo, Air India do NOT fly to Bangalore, Goa, Calcutta, etc.
 * Please do not re-instate these as AI destinations, until the time (a) the two airlines merge, or (b) Air India starts flying the route using their own aircraft. Thanks, Jasepl (talk) 08:41, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Which means IC never terminated Bangkok either and AI map showed it as a code share route using Airbus A320 aircraft.inspector (talk) 10:43, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Merge discussion
Oppose: I oppose the merger of NACIL (or AIL) destinations into Air India destinations for the reason that even after IC is completely merged into AI to become a single airline, AI cargo, AI Express and AI regional which are part of NACIL (now AIL) will remain as separate airlines. What should be done after the complete merger of IC into AI is that the IC column has to be merged into the AI column and IC destinations article be merged into AI destinations article. Why so serious? Talk to me 09:04, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * 1) Sorry - forgot to mention, now that NACIL is now Air India, NACIL as a name does not exist. AI Cargo, Express and Regional are all subsidiaries hence my rationale is that it should be one article.  Around The Globe  सत्यमेव जयते 09:13, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't understand what the situation here is – there are so many acronyms involved. If you ask me, I'd say get rid of NACIL destinations ei. merge it into Air India destinations, because there isn't any references. Also, somebody should add further info to the sources on Air India destinations, because titles and urls are not enough. Sp33dyphil  (Talk) (Contributions)(I love Wikipedia!) 12:37, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment: Are AI Express, AI regional and AI cargo subsidiaries of AI? In that case, they should be merged without doubt. If they are separate airlines, then there is scope for more discussion.  The Mi ke •Wassup doc? 14:47, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment: Yes AIX, AI cargo and AI regional are subsidiaries of AI. Subsidiaries are separate airlines. For example, JetLite is a subsidiary of Jet Airways, Dragon Air is a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, SilkAir is a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, but each of these though subsidiaries are separate airlines (different IATA and ICAO code) and none of the mentioned subsidiary carrier destinations are merged with the parent carrier destinations. Why so serious?  Talk to me 14:55, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Oppose NACIL is not an airline just a holding company so cant have any destinations so no need to merge just delete it. MilborneOne (talk) 19:57, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * AI Cargo uses the same codes as the passenger division (AI, AIC, AirIndia), it will be ending freighter operations and is selling off its fleet, cargo will only be carried on AI passenger aircraft lower deck. However this article could be merged into main AI article as a section.116.71.6.146 (talk) 09:16, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I think everyone here has agreed that NACIL and Air India pages need to be merged. Also, NACIL company was dissolved and is now called Air India. So we need to merge NACIL into Air India. AI Express, AI Regional and AI Cargo are subsidiaries of Air India. NACIL does not exist anymore. See this Nikkul (talk) 20:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * The consensus looks like an oppose for the merger. NACIL has been renamed as Air India Limited which is a holding company for Air India, Indian Airlines (to become defunct once completely merged into AI), Air India Regional and Air India Express. &mdash; Abhishek Talk to me 15:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, most people said they would be in favor of merging the two articles. See responses above. Nikkul (talk) 08:26, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Still not sure how a holding company can have destinations it may be better to send the NACIL destinations for deletion. MilborneOne (talk) 20:29, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * This article should be deleted.116.71.31.26 (talk) 20:24, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Results
As per results above:

Support Merging NACIL & Air India
 * User: Nikkul
 * User_talk:AroundTheGlobe
 * 134.134.139.74 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.134.137.73 (talk) 19:46, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Oppose Merging NACIL & Air India Keep As is Delete NACIL
 * User:Abhishek191288
 * User talk:116.71.6.146
 * User:MilborneOne (see page history)
 * 19:57, 25 January 2011
 * User_talk:AroundTheGlobe, you are adding the supports just out of your own thought. FYI, comments made by MikeLynch cannot be accepted as he has not given a proper explanation. Neither can Sp33dyphil's comments be considered as he has no idea about Air India and NACIL (clearly understood from his message in the above section). And BTW it is left upto an admin to review the discussion and decide what has to be done. I'm gonna have to report this to an admin. &mdash; Abhishek Talk to me 15:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: You can not disqualify other peoples views just because they disagree with you. Nikkul (talk) 04:42, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Go ahead and do so, if you see the history, I did not add the list (or any name to the supports) - I just bifurcated the oppose into oppose keep and oppose delete. Let an admin sort out this mess. Around The Globe  सत्यमेव जयते 05:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: w.e.f. day after tomorrow IC (Indian Airlines) and CD (Alliance Air or Air India Regional) codes will cease to exist. All AI flights (including Cargo) will come under a common AI code. AI Express (subsidiary like Jet Lite is for Jet Airways) is the only one with a separate code. See article from Times of India dated today as reference . Around The Globe  सत्यमेव जयते 14:15, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: AroundTheGlobe, good catch there on the merger of IC into AI. All though I did know that the merger would take place sometime soon, there weren't any reliable sources for the same. BTW, even pre-merger, cargo flights operate under AI code. But even then I oppose the merger coz AIL is a holding company and not an airline. AFIK, AI regional will still remain a separate airline operating regional routes post merger (also said here). I'll look into some more sources on the same. Cheers! &mdash; Abhishek Talk to me 15:12, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: Yes, AI and AIX will remain separate AFIK as well. However, I dont see the use of having an AIL destinations page - there can be a separate one for both AI and AIX (as they are separate airlines, albeit with the same owner - though that should not make a difference, as I said above Jet and Jet Lite have the same parent company but the parent company does NOT have a overall destinations page - I see no need for that). My view remains that NACIL destinations should be merged or deleted. Around The Globe  सत्यमेव जयते 15:57, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: I agree with User:AroundTheGlobe and Nikkul. NACIL should not be the one with destinations. All destinations(incl. subsidiaries) should be included in the main article. See United Continental Holdings as an example. Both United Airlines and Continental Airlines continue to have their own pages pending the merger completion with all respective destinations and aircraft (inclusive of respective subsidiaries, exceptions being ones for Continental fleet flying under a different banner e.g. Continental Connection, etc.). After the unification of the IATA codes for AI, IC and CD on 27th Feb 2011, I do not see any reason for all AI, IC and CD fleet and destination information not to be combined to the AI page. As mentioned before, AIL is the parent company and not the carrier itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.134.139.74 (talk) 19:01, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: Yes, post merger all fleet and destinations of AI and IC have to be merged. The reason I opposed the merger of NACIL destinations into AI destinations was that IX comes under NACIL and will remain a separate airline. &mdash; Abhishek Talk to me 01:09, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * CD code remains in use, only IC code is gone.119.155.35.230 (talk) 17:49, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Can u pl quote ur source - per the above toi article its gone (as well as this one from MSN India ). This source confirms that AI now has a single code. Around The Globe सत्यमेव जयते 06:15, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Comment Just realised NACIL Destinations has been deleted by an admin a couple of days ago - so I guess this discussion ends here. End as delete :P Around The Globe  सत्यमेव जयते 09:16, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Colombo
From travelocity:

Price per adult inclusive of Rs 5,299 surcharges and fees: Rs 5,818

Outbound Chennai (MAA) - Colombo (CMB) Select AIR INDIA AI0273 Departs:Sun 10 Apr 11 14:15 Arrives: Sun 10 Apr 11 15:35

Aircraft: 321 - Economy - Direct flight - Total travel time: 01 hrs 20 mins

Inbound Colombo (CMB) - Chennai (MAA) Select AIR INDIA AI0274 Departs:Tue 19 Apr 11 16:35 Arrives: Tue 19 Apr 11 18:00

Aircraft: 321 - Economy - Direct flight - Total travel time: 01 hrs 25 mins.inspector (talk) 04:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I do not know how a booking retrieved from a 3rd party source can be considered an RS. I tried booking the same on AI website, but CMB does not even show up on the list! &mdash; Abhishek Talk to me 03:49, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * If Im not mistaken Colombo is a Indian Airlines destination - with the code merger its now an Air India destination. SAARC countries were serviced by Indian Airlines under IC code earlier. Around The Globe  सत्यमेव जयते 07:10, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * AI did serve CMB. It was terminated and transfered to IC. &mdash; Abhishek Talk to me 07:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 17 September 2012
The correct ICAO identifier for Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) is VIDP, not VDPP. Correct the capitalization for Chandigarh's ICAO identifier (VICG, not VIcG).

CoffeeBuzz130 (talk) 15:20, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thanks for pointing out the mistakes. Cheers. &mdash;  Abhishek  Talk 14:06, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the reformatting
Hello, I have reformatted the table in order to comply with MOS:OVERLINK and MOS:ACCESS. These are core Wikipedia policies that cannot be ignored. To the IP user who has been reverting these edits, please read through the above policies, as well as WP:OSE. — Sunnya343&#9992; (háblame • my work) 15:40, 12 January 2017 (UTC)