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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 9:38 pm
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ashishp
 
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Originally Posted by SpeedFreak
Ultimately it's a govt airline and they will do what the babu decides. I heard yesterday they want one 787 positioned in Kerala as the Kerala brigade also wants a piece of the pie.
Just talked to an MP from Kerala yesterday to get sound-bytes on an unrelated topic and from what I understand, it is AI which is turning the screws here to get the MP's to in turn turn up the pressure on the Ministry. I guess these AI fellas know now how to get the work done.

Apparently the idea is to revive an old madcap idea to run an A310 COK-DXB-CDG-YYZ and vv. With the 787/777 they can prbably drop the DXB stop and build a scissor hub in CDG for 787 ops. IC wanted to build a CDG hub with the A332 fleet if you recollect.

I am not sure it will work: is there a market for international ops from Kerala other than the Gulf?
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