Tata-SIA JV likely to start flights by September

Singapore

THE Tata-Singapore Airlines (SIA) joint venture is expected to receive air operators' permit (AOP) next month and take to the skies by September, according to media reports out of India.

"We expect to get the AOP by July, and the planes (Airbus A320s) will start coming from August," The Indian Express daily quoted a company official as saying in an article yesterday. "In the first year of operations, we will have five aircraft, increasing it to 20 over the first four years."