Air Pichu Group

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Air Pichu:
IATA: PI | ICAO: PCH | CALLSIGN: PIKACHU

Pichu America:
IATA: AP | ICAO: PAC | CALLSIGN: YELLOWBIRD

History of Air Pichu Group
Air Pichu Group is a group overseeing 2 airlines, namely Air Pichu, based in India, as well as Pichu America, based in the United States of America. The airline group was formed on 2nd July 2018, under the brand name Air India, as a joint venture between Bolivadir, a private investment firm based in India, and the Indian Government. It has its headquarters in the Indian capital of New Delhi, with its primary hub in Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. It started with a small fleet of 5 A320neo.
For a start, the airline started serving mainly domestic routes, between Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. It slowly expanded to serve regional airports such as Kolkata, and also international destinations such as Dubai, Singapore and Beijing. It later expanded its fleet, through a combination of wet-leasing and purchasing 2nd hand aircrafts, in order to expand the airline's operations. The airline creates lots of first for the country's aviation system, in becoming the first Indian-based airline to be allowed to fly to Pakistan, and first airline to fly into Bangladesh and South America.
On 30th August, the Indian government announced a withdrawal from the joint-venture, citing high operational costs. The airline seemed to be in danger of closing down, until a group of American investors, wanting to have an airline in America, saw a potential in the airline, due to the relatively undeveloped aviation market in India and the airline's huge customer base. They were willing to buy out the Indian government's stake in the airline, with a condition that they could set up a branch in America. With that, the airline was officially renamed Air Pichu, under the holding company Air Pichu Group Private Limited. The airline also opened a new subsidary in USA, known as Pichu America.

Overview of Air Pichu Group
The Group today serves a total of 72 destinations all around the world. It has a fleet of more than 210 aircrafts, which is mixed of leased aircraft and owned aircraft.

Destinations
The group currently serves the following destinations:
South Asia/Middle East
AMD — Ahmedabad — Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, India
ATQ — Amritsar — Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, India Focus City for Air Pichu
BLR — Bengaluru — Kempegowda International Airport, India
MAA — Chennai — Chennai International Airport, India Hub of Air Pichu
DEL — Delhi — Indira Gandhi International Airport, India Main Hub & HQ of Air Pichu
GOI — Goa — Goa International Airport, India
HYD — Hyderabad — Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, India Focus City for Air Pichu
LKO — Lucknow — Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
JAI — Jaipur — Jaipur International Airport, India
CCU — Kolkata — Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, India Focus City for Air Pichu
BOM — Mumbai — Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, India Hub of Air Pichu
COK — Nedumbassery — Cochin International Airport, India
PNQ — Pune — Pune International Airport, India
PAT — Patna — Jay Prakash Narayan Airport, India New Destination!
TRV — Thiruvananthapuram — Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, India
ISB — Islamabad — Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Pakistan
KHI — Karachi — Jinnah International Airport, Pakistan
DXB — Dubai — Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates
AUH — Abu Dhabi — Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates
CMB — Colombo — Bandaranaike International Airport, Sri Lanka
MLE — Malé — Velana International Airport, Male
RUH — Riyadh — King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia

South-East Asia & Oceania
PER — Perth — Perth Airport, Australia
SYD — Sydney — Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport, Australia
AKL — Auckland — Auckland Airport, New Zealand
CGK — Jakarta — Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Indonesia
KUL — Kuala Lumpur — Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia
SIN — Singapore — Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore Key Destination!
DMK — Bangkok — Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand

East Asia
PEK — Beijing — Beijing Capital International Airport, China
CAN — Guangzhou — Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China
CTU — Chengdu — Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, China
SHA — Shanghai — Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, China
SYX — Sanya — Sanya Phoenix International Airport, China
XMN — Xiamen — Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, China
URC — Ürümqi — Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, China
KIX — Osaka — Kansai International Airport, Japan
NRT — Tokyo — Narita International Airport, Japan
ICN — Seoul — Incheon International Airport, South Korea Key Destination!
TPE — Taipei — Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan New Destination!

Europe
LGW — London — London Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom Key Destination!
MAN — Manchester — Manchester Airport, United Kingdom
BHX — Birmingham — Birmingham Airport, United KingdomNew Destination!
CDG — Paris — Charles de Gaulle Airport, France
TXL — Berlin — Berlin Tegel Airport, Germany Key Destination!
FRA — Frankfurt — Frankfurt Airport, Germany
MAD — Madrid — Madrid - Barajas Airport, Spain Key Destination!
LIS — Lisbon — Lisbon Portela Airport, Portugal
FCO — Rome — Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Italy
IST — Istanbul — Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Turkey
MMX — Malmö — Malmo Airport, Sweden
DME — Moscow — Domodedovo International Airport, Russia
LED — Saint Petersburg — Saint Petersburg Pulkovo Airport, Russia
KBP — Kiev — Boryspil International Airport, Ukraine New Destination!

Africa
JNB — Johannesburg — O. R. Tambo International Airport, South Africa New Destination!

North/Central America
YYZ — Toronto — Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada Key Destination!
YUL — Montreal — Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Canada
MEX — Mexico City — Mexico City International Airport, Mexico
ANC — Anchorage — Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, United States of America
MDW — Chicago — Chicago Midway International Airport, United States of America
DFW — Dallas/Fort Worth — Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, United States of America Focus City of Pichu America
HOU — Houston — William P. Hobby Airport, United States of America Domestic Hub of Pichu America
LGB — Los Angeles (Long Beach) — Long Beach Airport, United States of America Focus City of Pichu America
LAS — Las Vegas — McCarran International Airport, United States of America
JFK — New York City — John F. Kennedy International Airport, United States of America Main Hub and HQ of Pichu America
AZA — Mesa (Phoenix) — Phoenix - Mesa Gateway Airport, United States of America
SFO — San Francisco — San Francisco International Airport, United States of America Hub of Pichu America
TPA — Tampa — Tampa International Airport, United States of America Hub of Pichu America
DCA — Washington D.C. — Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, United States of America Domestic Hub of Pichu America
BOS — Boston — Boston Logan International Airport, United States of America
PHL — Philadelphia — Philadelphia International Airport, United States of America
IND — Indianapolis — Indianapolis International Airport, United States of America
DEN — Denver — Denver International Airport, United States of America
PDX — Portland — Portland International Airport, United States of America New Destination!

South America
GIG — Rio De Janeiro — Galeão International Airport, Brazil
SCL — Santiago — Santiago International Airport, Chile
BOG — Bogotá — El Dorado International Airport, Colombia

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Route Announcement

Air Pichu would like to announce the launch of 2 routes from Delhi to Osaka-KIX (Kansai International Airport), Auckland-AKL (Auckland Airport), as well as a new flight between Mumbai and Madrid. The timings of the flights are stated below, in local time.

Delhi - Auckland
PCH333 DEL 0020 AKL 2040 388 T, Th, S
PCH334 AKL 2210 DEL 0530 388 T, Th, S

Delhi - Osaka
PCH111 DEL 0830 KIX 1825 388 M, W, F, Su
PCH112 DEL 1955 KIX 2250 388 M, W, F, Su

Mumbai - Madrid
PCH201 BOM 0015 MAD 0525 742 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH202 MAD 0730 BOM 1940 742 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

In addition, there will be new schedules for the following flights:

Mumbai - Tampa
PCH25/27 BOM 2200 TPA 0445 359 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH26/28 TPA 1345 BOM 1530 359 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

Delhi - San Francisco
PCH17/19 DEL 0500 SFO 0620 744 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH18/20 SFO 0750 SFO 1010 744 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

Delhi - Beijing
PCH161/165 DEL 1140 PEK 1850 744 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH162/166 PEK 2020 DEL 2230 744 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

Delhi - Narita
PCH101/103 DEL 0710 NRT 1735 742 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH102/104 DEL 1905 NRT 2230 742 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

Delhi - New York
PCH1/3 DEL 0105 JFK 0445 742 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH2/4 JFK 0620 DEL 0500 742 M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

[Zortan]

Really the #1 RPer? I wouldn’t be so sure..,

Interesting

[Dokhu]

Keep it up with this hard work!

[lolliftw]

Really the #1 RPer? I wouldn’t be so sure..,

Interesting

I may not RP that much here, keeping my full strength for the airline after the reset. Rest assured my RP methods are well diverse and you will probably be amazed at what I do

Keep it up with this hard work!

Thanks.

[ch4rl1e_99]

Looks really interesting!

[lolliftw]

Route Announcement

Pichu America and Air Pichu has made respective announcements detailing new routes to be offered within the next week.

For Air Pichu, these 4 routes aim to connecting the 4 of the main ASEAN cities to our Mumbai Hub.
Mumbai - Singapore (With effect 11th/12th September 2018)
PCH313 BOM 2240 SIN 0635 32A M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH314 SIN 0705 BOM 1000 32A M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

Mumbai - Kuala Lumpur (With effect 12th September 2018)
PCH329 BOM 1030 KUL 1800 32A M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH330 KUL 1800 BOM 2100 32A M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

Mumbai - Jakarta (With effect 14th September 2018)
PCH351 BOM 1010 CGK 1755 32A M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH352 CGK 1830 BOM 2315 32A M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

Mumbai - Jakarta (With effect 14th September 2018)
PCH367 BOM 2355 CGK 0540 32A M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su
PCH368 CGK 0615 BOM 0900 32A M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su

For Pichu America, these are routes that we are adding to our domestic American market, boosting our Focus City of Washington DC (National). These flights were initially scheduled for the start of September, but had to be delayed due to delays in final confirmation from the federal government. The only routes that we will be adding to our DCA airport that are exempted from the perimeter rule are below (TPA-DCA, SFO-DCA), as future routes are expected to all follow the rule. These flights below all operate daily.

San Francisco - Washington D.C. (Updated with effect 12th September 2018)
PAC309 (PCH2309) SFO 0045 DCA 0905 CS3
PAC311 (PCH2311) SFO 2230 DCA 0650 32A

PAC310 (PCH2310) DCA 1935 SFO 2155 32A
PAC312 (PCH2312) DCA 2155 SFO 0015 CS3

Washington DC - Tampa (Updated with effect 12th September 2018)
PAC319 (PCH2319) TPA 1215 DCA 1425 CS3
PAC321 (PCH2321) TPA 1010 DCA 1220 32A

PAC320 (PCH2320) DCA 0725 TPA 0935 32A
PAC322 (PCH2322) DCA 0935 TPA 1145 CS3

Washington DC - Tampa (New with effect 12th September 2018)
PAC331 (PCH2331) HOU 1725 DCA 2120 CS3
PAC332 (PCH2332) DCA 1455 HOU 1655 CS3

[Anzatax]

Very interesting! I think I may be able to learn from this in some way

[squaregatescrub]

Looking good!

[lolliftw]

Air Pichu to launch all-Business routes

Delhi - Air Pichu COO Vinatash Shanti announced today in a press conference that Air Pichu will be launching a series of all-Business class route services. These flights will be part of its Honor Club service, which the COO also announced.
The Honor Club service refers to passengers regularly flying on Air Pichu's Business or First Class. This would be an upgrade to the Pichu Elite membership Program, and would require 8800 Rupee as entrance fee, together with a requirement that its members need to fly at least 6 round-trips in a year on Air Pichu or Pichu America. "Honor Club members get 20% discounts on all Honor Club services, apart from all the benefits of Pichu Elite membership, such as free lounge access, more miles per $ spent, etc."

Air Pichu will be offering these all-Business flights on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircrafts. As follows will be the flight schedule for the all-business flights. The schedule takes effect the 13th September 2018.

Delhi/Mumbai - Singapore
PCH301 DEL 2120 SIN 0520 (+1) 7M8 M, W, F, Su
PCH302 SIN 0555 DEL 0900 7M8 M, T, Th, Sa

PCH315 BOM 1125 SIN 1910 7M8 T, Th, Su
PCH316 SIN 1945 BOM 2230 7M8 T, Th, Su

Delhi/Mumbai - Beijing
PCH163 DEL 1000 PEK 1740 7M8 M, W, F, Su
PCh164 PEK 1810 DEL 2050 7M8 M, W, F, Su

PCH155 BOM 2145 PEK 0630 (+1) 7M8 T, W, S
PCH156 PEK 0705 BOM 1050 7M8 W, Th, Su

Delhi/Mumbai - Dubai
PCH513 BOM 2305 DXB 0030 (+1) 7M8 M, Th, F, Su
PCH514 DXB 0100 BOM 0525 7M8 M, T, F, S

PCH519 DEL 0955 DXB 1140 7M8 T, Th, S
PCH520 DXB 1210 DEL 1650 7M8 T, Th, S

Delhi/Mumbai - Seoul
PCH117 BOM 0555 ICN 1640 7M8 M, T, F, S
PCH118 ICN 1710 BOM 2050 7M8 M, T, F, S

PCH129 DEL 1925 ICN 0505 (+1) 7M8 T, Th, S
PCH130 ICN 0535 DEL 0815 7M8 W, F, Su

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John McHeffery: Indian aviation market still relatively underdeveloped.

New York - The group CEO of Air Pichu Group, Mr. John McHeffery, has noted that the Indian aviation market remains underdeveloped despite the entrant of new players in the market.
In an interview with the New York Times, Mr. McHefery has commented that the Indian aviation market has grown ever since the Indian government opened up to allow multiple new players, and loosen the regulation to allow foreigners to have a 49% stake in Indian Airlines. "We have had new players entering the market. Apart from Air Pichu, there is also Express, Exotic Airlines, El Roi. What remains a problem is that these airlines serve mainly the domestic market. Therefore, we are the only Indian carrier serving international routes from India."
He notes that when he was invited to become group CEO barely a month ago, all the stakeholders and the Board of Directors had shared similar sentiments about the Indian market. "When I was at that Annual General Meeting, I still remember how everyone has mentioned that there is lots of room or expansion in the Indian aviation market, and they hoped that I could help better plan the expansion of the group." He said that he was given the task of balancing the task of increasing Air Pichu's international routes, while ensuring that the group does not concede the local market to these domestic airlines.
He added that the request to create an American branch for the airline was also a problem originally. "I was thinking how you could have expansion in 2 different markets at the same time, while making the airline profitable. As the days past and I reviewed the earnings of the Pichu America airline, then I realized -- that Americans would provide the revenue to fund our Indian expansion," he answered when he was asked about how the group balances growth in both airlines. "So some of Pichu America's profits will be used to expand Air Pichu's fleet, while we continue to expand the Pichu America's operations so that we can garner higher profits." He also mentioned how air travel is very common in America but not in India, where the average national income is much lower. "I still remembered when we launched Pichu America's DCA-JFK route, the tickets for the next month was snapped up in a week, as we were one of the few airlines that operated the route between America's 2 major cities. Meanwhile in India, we had to keep airfares slightly lower to make it affordable for all Indians, in order to boost demand for our routes."
When asked if Air Pichu was going to have any expansion plans, and if there are plans to resume India-South America flights, such as the original Mumbai-Rio route, Mr McHeffery was pretty optimistic. "For now, we are more focused on Indian routes, but we aim to make a comeback on non-stop flights to South America."
He hinted that Mumbai will have a number of new routes launched in a few weeks, as well as an increasing number of destinations in China, such as Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Chengdu, Kunming, and Wuhan. "Just you wait. One marker you can take note is Pichu America launching flights to Las Vegas. Once Pichu America flies to Las Vegas, Air Pichu will fly to Xiamen and Hong Kong soon after."
And just hours after the interview, Pichu America announced a press conference in the city of Las Vegas, scheduled for 12th September 5pm.

[Anzatax]

Nice! But I would suggest that the headlines use a darker color, as this pink is hardly legible.