Modes Air

Modes Air
IATA code :	M9
ICAO code :	MOD
Call sign :	MODILUFT
Founding:	1993
Operation stopped:	1996
Seat:	New Delhi , India
Home airport :	Delhi International Airport
Company form:	Limited
IATA prefix code :	548
Management:	Satish Kumar Modi
Fleet size:	3
Aims:	national
ModiLuft ceased operations in 1996. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

ModiLuft (officially initially MG Express Ltd. , later Modiluft Ltd. ) was an Indian scheduled airline that began operations in the spring of 1993 with the support of Lufthansa . The company ceased operations in 1996.

history

The Indian Modi Group founded the company Genius Leasing Finance and Investment Company on February 9, 1984 , which, in addition to in-house flights, also offered air taxi services on a charter basis from March 14, 1984 . The Indian government initiated the deregulation of national air traffic in the early 1990s, whereupon the Modi Group decided to found a scheduled airline, which was initially called MG Express . The Air Operator Certificate from Genius Leasing Finance and Investment Company was transferred to the new company in the spring of 1993. The MG Express Ltd. at the same time commissioned Lufthansa with the logistical and organizational planning of the operational operations as well as the execution of the flights on a wet lease basis . The German company was also responsible for on-site maintenance of the aircraft. In order to make the cooperation with Lufthansa visible to the outside world, MG Express decided to operate the scheduled flight operations under the brand name ModiLuft . The corporate identity was also based heavily on that of Lufthansa .

In April 1993, the first, and a month later two more Boeing 737-200s were transferred from Frankfurt to New Delhi , with which operations began. The scheduled flights were initially operated by German pilots and Indian flight attendants . A fourth Boeing 737-200 leased by Lufthansa was added to the fleet in May 1994. In the summer of 1994 Lufthansa considered acquiring a 40% stake in the company, but did not implement these plans.

Lufthansa ended its cooperation with the Indian company in 1995 and on May 29, 1996 terminated the rental contracts for the aircraft after outstanding leasing installments of DM 3 million had accrued. ModiLuft had previously returned a Boeing 737-200 to the German company, but wanted to continue operating the three other machines with Indian crews. Lufthansa then sued for the surrender of its aircraft. During the litigation, the three Boeing 737-200s were stored in New Delhi. ModiLuft initially continued its scheduled flights with three Boeing 737-400s leased from Air UK Leisure . The company ceased operations in autumn 1996. The company ModiLuft Ltd. subsequently remained as a shell company . The company's Air Operator Certificate was awarded to the newly founded Royal Airways Ltd. in 2004 . which began operations on May 24, 2005 under the name SpiceJet .

fleet

Fleet at the end of operations

When operations ceased, ModiLuft's fleet consisted of three Boeing 737-400s. Lufthansa only received its three Boeing 737-200s stored in New Delhi on September 30, 1997.

Previously deployed aircraft

• Boeing 737-200 (leased from Lufthansa from 1993 to 1996 )

See also

• Former Airlines List (Asia)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, issues 1994/95 and 1995/96
2. ↑ Flight International, April 9, 1996 (in English), accessed August 6, 2017
3. ^ Flight International, March 23, 1993
4. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 94/95
5. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 95/96
6. ^ Flight International, September 14, 1994
7. ^ Flight International, February 26, 1997
8. ^ Flight International, April 9, 1997
9. ^ Flight International, June 26, 1996
10. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 97/98
11. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 96/97
12. ^ Business Standard, Modiluft To Return Lufthansa Aircraft By September 30, September 4, 1997 , accessed on July 10, 2016