AirAsia India has appointed Amit Singh as the Director of Flight Operations and Ganpathy Sampath as the Head of Engineering for AirAsia India.
Amit has 20 years of airline experience with the last seven years in developing and managing budget airlines. He has more than 11,000 flying hours on the Boeing B777 and Airbus A320 and has flown with Air India, IndiGo and Scoot. Some of his key achievements have been in the field of Flight Operations, Training and Flight Safety.
Amit was actively involved in the launch of IndiGo in 2006 and elevated to the position of Chief Pilot Training soon after.
Ganpathy Sampath has over 30 years of aviation experience having served at HAL, Jet Airways, Honeywell Aerospace and Go Airlines, where his career progressed from engineer to general manager. Over the years working on Airbus, Boeing, ATR Embraer aircraft, he has gone through the process of aircraft-induction, maintenance line, base and shop, quality, engineering technical services, planning, procurement, logistics and lease, says a press release from the airline.
At present, AirAsia through its operations based in Thailand and Malaysia connects Chennai, Bangalore, Tiruchi, Kochi and Kolkata.
AirAsia India is a joint venture among AirAsia, the Tata Group and Telestra. It is expected to start its operations before the end of the year.