Alliance Air Is No longer Its Subsidiary, Says Air India | Check Details Here

AIr India has 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

Tata Group controls Air India through its subsidiary Talace. The group also manages Air India Express along with a 50 per cent stake in ground handling arm Air India SATS. Image: Getty

New Delhi: Alliance Air "is no longer a subsidiary" of Air India. This announcement came on Thursday after Tata Group, which owns Air India, said booking or queries related to Alliance Air won't be handled by the carrier from April 15, 2022.

According to a tweet by Tata Group, 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."

For any further assistance, the airline shared contact numbers (+91-44-4255 4255 and +91-44-3511 3511), email ID (support@allianceair.in) and website details (www.allianceair.in).

#FlyAI : Important Update. pic.twitter.com/amR11IJ4Mc

— Air India (@airindiain) April 14, 2022

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

Tata Group controls Air India through its subsidiary Talace. The group also manages Air India Express along with a 50 per cent stake in ground handling arm Air India SATS.

In January, the central on Thursday officially handed over Air India to the Tata Group, as the Centre transferred 100 per cent shares in Air India to the Tatas wholly owned subsidiary Talace Pvt Ltd along with management control.

Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, had been officially appointed as the chairman of Air India in March.

The development came days after former Turkish Airlines head Mehmet Ilker Ayci declined the Tata Group's offer to be the chief executive officer and managing director of Air India as "some sections of the Indian media" have attempted to "colour" his appointment in an undesirable manner

Air India is the third airline brand in the Tata Group's stable. It holds a majority stake in AirAsia India and Vistara, a joint venture with Singapore Airlines Ltd.

At present, Air India controls over 4,400 domestic and 1,800 international landing and parking slots at domestic airports as well as 900 slots abroad.

Tatas had set up Tata Airlines in 1932, which was later in 1946 renamed as Air India. The government had taken control of the airline in 1953, however, JRD Tata continued to be its chairman till 1977.