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TheFlyingEnginner is proud to present the first good photograph of Air Asia India’s new A320, in Indian skies, that landed today at Chennai. Registered VT-ATF, and the 6015th A320 family aircraft to be produced, the A320-216SL is a slightly underpowered A320, but one that may fit in the scheme of operations envisaged by Air Asia India.

The photographer, Praveen “PhotoYogi” Sundaram, traveled all the way by road from Bangalore to Chennai just to catch the picture of her. He was directly invited by Air Asia India to come click the aircraft on short finals, as DGCA had not given the airline permission for any media coverage in the airport.

Praveen has permitted The Flying Engineer to be the first to upload his image. We thank you, Praveen.

Praveen is an established photographer, and has mentored some other well known aircraft/aviation photographers in the country. You may view his photos on Airliners.net, Jetphotos.net, and his website, by clicking on the links in this sentence.

Earlier, The Flying Engineer published the first good photograph of an Air Costa’s Embraer E170 sporting an Indian registration.

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While there may have been numerous mobile-phone camera pictures of Air Costa aircraft in India, here is the first good publicly available shot of an Air Costa Embraer 170 in Indian markings. VT-LSR was caught on lens (JP.net and A.net acceptances pending, AP.net accepted) by the skilled teenager Karthik Kumar , who woke up early on the 18th of October, 2013, to head out to Bangalore International Airport (VOBL), to position himself for a good shot of VT-LSR, manufacturer Serial Number MSN 278, operating as Air Costa 601 (LB 601) into Bangalore from Vijayawada.

VT-LSR, an EMB 170AR, was fprmerly registered A9C-MA, operating with Gulf Air. The airplane’s age is about 3 years 7 months, and has been leased from ECC Leasing. ECC Leasing Company Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of Embraer, was established in September 18, 2002 to manage and re-market Embraer´s pre-owned aircraft.

Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting to you the Embraer E-170 beautifully adorned in the colors of Air Costa, a regional airline that heralds a new chapter in Indian regional aviation. Click on the image to enjoy the photo in full 1200pix wide – size.

Have a nice Sunday!