{"id":26463,"date":"2022-08-23T19:20:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=26463"},"modified":"2022-08-23T19:20:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:50:46","slug":"campbell-wilson-air-india-ceo-commented-on-the-expansion-of-the-airline-fleet-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/23\/campbell-wilson-air-india-ceo-commented-on-the-expansion-of-the-airline-fleet-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Campbell Wilson, Air India CEO, commented on the expansion of the airline fleet | EXCLUSIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Campbell Wilson, the chief executive and managing director of Air India,<\/strong> stated on Tuesday that the company&#8217;s future is <strong><em>&#8220;going to be very bright,&#8221; <\/em><\/strong>but added that no comments will be made regarding its plans to expand the Air India fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/air-india-3-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"Campbell Wilson, Air India CEO, commented on the expansion of the airline fleet\" class=\"wp-image-23153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/air-india-3-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/air-india-3-600x334.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/air-india-3-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/air-india-3-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/air-india-3-750x417.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/air-india-3-1140x634.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/air-india-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Air India fleet expansion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>when asked about plans of increasing the airlines fleet, CEO-MD Campbell Wilson said, <em>\u201cWe will be commenting on those things in due course\u2026Future of Air India is going to be very bright. It is very exciting, I&#8217;m happy to be here but I&#8217;ve no further comments\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Delhi: When asked about plans of increasing Air India fleet, its CEO-MD Campbell Wilson says, &quot;We will be commenting on those things in due course&#8230;Future of Air India is going to be very bright. It is very exciting, I&#39;m happy to be here but I&#39;ve no further comments&#8230;&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jk5E21jKIQ\">pic.twitter.com\/jk5E21jKIQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1562004135859617793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-according-to-the-directorate-general-of-civil-aviation-s-dgca-monthly-report\"><strong>According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation&#8217;s (DGCA) monthly report<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In a related development, the aviation watchdog DGCA reported last week that more than<strong> 97 lakh domestic passengers flew in July<\/strong>, a 7.6% decrease from the 1.05 crore passengers who flew in June. In total, 6.69 crore people took domestic flights between January and July of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IndiGo, the largest airline in the nation, carried 57.11 lakh passengers in July, accounting for 58.8% of the domestic market, according to the report. The rainy season is typically a slow time for the Indian aviation industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to information provided by the DGCA, <em>Vistara carried 10.13 lakh passengers and Air India carried 8.14 lakh passengers in July of this year. According to the data, Go First, SpiceJet, AirAsia India, and Alliance Air transported 7.95 lakh, 7.76 lakh, 4.42 lakh, and 1.12 lakh passengers in July, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Air India occupancy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The DGCA reported that <em>SpiceJet&#8217;s occupancy rate, also known as load factor, was 84.7% in July. In July, the occupancy rates for Vistara, IndiGo, Go First, AirAsia India, and Air India were, respectively, 84.3%, 77.7%, 76.5%, 75.2%, and 71.1%. Due to travel restrictions put in place in India and other nations because of the Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years, the aviation industry has suffered significantly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Indian-Airlines-Reports-Losses-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Campbell Wilson, Air India CEO, commented on the expansion of the airline fleet\" class=\"wp-image-22537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Indian-Airlines-Reports-Losses-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Indian-Airlines-Reports-Losses-1280x720-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Indian-Airlines-Reports-Losses-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Indian-Airlines-Reports-Losses-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Indian-Airlines-Reports-Losses-1280x720-1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Indian-Airlines-Reports-Losses-1280x720-1-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Indian-Airlines-Reports-Losses-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>IndiGo, the largest airline in the nation, carried 57.11 lakh passengers in July<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to DGCA data, <em>AirAsia India had the best on-time performance in July of this year, with a 95.5% success rate at four major airports: Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. According to the DGCA, Vistara and Go First performed on-time at 89% and 84.1%, respectively, in July at these four airports, placing them second and third, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/23\/an-airport-worker-was-killed-after-running-into-an-antonov-an-24-running-propeller-exclusive\/\">An airport worker was killed after running into an Antonov An-24&#8217;s running propeller | EXCLUSIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/23\/indigo-flight-engine-develops-a-problem-navy-rescues-passengers-exclusive\/\">IndiGo flight engine develops a problem, Navy rescues passengers | EXCLUSIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join our telegram group for latest Aviation Updates:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\">https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campbell Wilson, the chief executive and managing director of Air India, stated on Tuesday that the company&#8217;s future is &#8220;going to be very bright,&#8221; but added that no comments will be made regarding its plans to expand the Air India fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7215,7216,7217,6761],"tags":[82,152,392,104,79,2030,393,5949,7089,115,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-26463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airline-news","8":"category-aviation-news","9":"category-indian-aviation-news","10":"category-news","11":"tag-air-india","12":"tag-airlines","13":"tag-airlines-news","14":"tag-airport","15":"tag-aviation","16":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","17":"tag-aviation-news","18":"tag-campbell-wilson","19":"tag-campbell-wilson-air-india-ceo","20":"tag-india","21":"tag-latest-aviation-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26470,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26463\/revisions\/26470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}