Alliance Air Gets New Flight Code, Launches Its Own Website For Ticket Booking

According to the statement, Alliance Air CEO Vineet Sood said that the airline will run as an independent business unit under the Government of India

Tata Group-owned Air India announced that Alliance Air is no longer a subsidiary of Air India. From April 15, booking or queries related to Alliance Air won't be handled by Air India. Image: Getty

New Delhi: Alliance Air, the only government-owned passenger airline, has launched its own website on Friday.

According to a news release by Alliance Air on Friday (April 15), the airline said that they have launched their own website www.allianceair.in and the passengers can start booking.

On Thursday, Tata Group-owned Air India announced that Alliance Air is no longer a subsidiary of Air India. From April 15, booking or queries related to Alliance Air won't be handled by Air India.  

Tata Group in a tweet on Thursday said the airline advised passengers that "tickets of Air India with a 4-digit flight number starting with '9' or 3-digit flight number starting with '9I' belong to Alliance Air."

According to the statement, Alliance Air CEO Vineet Sood said that the airline will run as an independent business unit under the Government of India. The airline will sell tickets under Alliance Air banner under flight code 91-XXX.

The company also said that Alliance Air has migrated to Cloud-based passenger service system from April 15. The new call centre numbers for booking and other queries for passengers have also been mentioned. The new numbers are +91 44 4255 4255 and +91 44 3511 3511. The email to reach the airline is helpdesk@allianceair.in .

News agency ANI has shared the tweet of Alliance Air.

Alliance Air, from 15th April 2022, will no longer be part of Air India after its disinvestment and will be run as an independent Business unit under Government of India. Alliance Air has migrated to cloud-based passenger service system from 15th April 2022. pic.twitter.com/380VU2OzQP

— ANI (@ANI) April 15, 2022

According to news reports, Alliance Air from now on with HAL’s Made-in-India Dornier 228 aircraft will connect remote parts of Arunachal Pradesh. This move will connect Arunachal Pradesh with the rest of the country through air route via Dibrugarh in Assam.

Currently, Alliance Air operates with a fleet size of 20 (18 ATR 72-600 and two HAL Do-228), according to its website.