American Airlines and TAL Aviation Group expand their relationship

American Airlines has appointed TAL Aviation as its General Sales Agent for India.  The new representation is expected to bring added benefits to the Indian market and travelers from India to the United States.

American’s representation office, based in Gurgaon will be providing a wide range of services to cover multiple ports of departure from India, including marketing, reservations, sales and ticketing.  TAL’s team is excited to be partnering with American, offering attractive travel solutions across First Class, Business Class and in Main Cabin, to the Indian business and tourist community.   

As the largest airline in the world,  American Airlines flies to over 350 worldwide destinations, on more than 6,700 daily flights. The Company has over 100,000 employees and a fleet of more than 1500 aircraft. Taking an average delivery of one new aircraft every four days, American now has the youngest fleet of any U.S. based international airline.

American Airlines and TAL Aviation have been working together for over 20 years with TAL already representing American in Russia, Turkey, Israel and Poland. Nissim Sagis, VP Commercial of TAL Aviation comments "We are excited in expanding our relationship with American Airlines to the Indian market.  We are confident that with the success and synergy we already hold with American, coupled with the expertise and know-how of our team in India, we can place American as a leading airline in India for travel to the USA and beyond". 

Speaking of the partnership, Parviz Ladha, Regional Offline Sales Manager EMEA & Southern Asia said, “We are pleased to be extending our agreement with TAL Aviation to India, a hugely important and growing market for American, and our Atlantic Joint Business partner British Airways. As we continue to invest $3 billion in the customer experience, both in-flight and on the ground, we look forward to promoting this across the Indian market, in partnership with TAL.”

About American Airlines Group
American Airlines and American Eagle offer an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. American has hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. American is a founding member of the oneworld alliance, whose members and members-elect serve nearly 1,000 destinations with 14,250 daily flights to 150 countries. Shares of American Airlines Group Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AAL. In 2015, its stock joined the S&P 500 index. Connect with American on Twitter @AmericanAir and at Facebook.com/AmericanAirlines.

About TAL Aviation Group
TAL Aviation is a Global Airline Representation organization with almost 40 offices covering over 50 countries throughout Europe, Asia, the Pacific and the Americas.  TAL Aviation's core business & activity is the representation, distribution & sales of over 35 international airlines, both passenger & cargo; management of over 20 international hotel, cruise, car rental suppliers & products sold and distributed throughout its worldwide network; distributors for IATA and ARC reporting programs making more airlines and travel solutions available to the travelling public; Destination Marketing – developing marketing strategies to establish a strong presence of major tourism authorities in new locations; A-La-Carte Modular Solutions – offering organizations individual and multiple modular marketing and management services on an ad-hoc or long-term basis, adapted and priced to accommodate limited budgets; Smartphone Applications – TAL Travel App, a worldwide smartphone application making travelling fun and easy; PR - launching international campaigns for local markets & coordination of media planning, buying, graphic design & production.