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Air India rejigs 25 daily flights
New Delhi, Jun 2 (PTI) Faced with burgeoning losses,
national carrier Air India on Thursday said it has decided to
combine, reschedule or curtail about 25 flights daily on its
domestic and international sectors out of a total of over 400,
with the onset of the lean season and to cut costs.
"Due to beginning of the lean season -- June to
September -- some flights have been clubbed, combined,
rescheduled, curtailed depending upon commercial or business
decisions, and this number is very small - 25 only," an Air
India spokesperson said here.
Despite the curtailment or clubbing of flights, "we
have ensured that our connectivity to all destinations is
maintained", he said.
Air India operates over 400 flights per day on
domestic and international routes, while its subsidiary Air
India Express, which flies mostly to Gulf countries, operates
189 flights per week.
The lean season closely follows the peak summer
vacation time and continues from mid-June till September.
The spokesperson said that rejigging, combining
or clubbing, rescheduling of flights was a common annual
business practice and was not associated with the recent
aviation turbine fuel row with the state-owned oil companies.
The Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petrolum
Corporation Limited and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
have restricted ATF supply to Air India upto the amount which
it would pay on a daily basis.
According to latest figures, Air India owes a total of
Rs 2,250 crore to the three oil PSUs. The airline's daily fuel
bill was Rs 13.5 lakh in December when the oil firms stopped
the credit line which has now risen to Rs 16.5 lakh.
Latest official figures showed that Air India and Air
India Express (AIE) operated 422 and 71 flights respectively
on May 27, while 17 AI flights were combined and two AIE
flights were cancelled.
The two carriers operated 398 (AI) and 72 (AIE)
flights on May 28, 420 and 61 flights on May 29, 427 and 65 on
May 30, 413 and 58 on May 31, 428 and 73 yesterday and 426 and
71 today, the figures showed.
Stressing that restrictions on fuel supply was not an
issue, the spokesperson said "there is enough fuel available
and we are paying the oil companies as mutually agreed upon".
national carrier Air India on Thursday said it has decided to
combine, reschedule or curtail about 25 flights daily on its
domestic and international sectors out of a total of over 400,
with the onset of the lean season and to cut costs.
"Due to beginning of the lean season -- June to
September -- some flights have been clubbed, combined,
rescheduled, curtailed depending upon commercial or business
decisions, and this number is very small - 25 only," an Air
India spokesperson said here.
Despite the curtailment or clubbing of flights, "we
have ensured that our connectivity to all destinations is
maintained", he said.
Air India operates over 400 flights per day on
domestic and international routes, while its subsidiary Air
India Express, which flies mostly to Gulf countries, operates
189 flights per week.
The lean season closely follows the peak summer
vacation time and continues from mid-June till September.
The spokesperson said that rejigging, combining
or clubbing, rescheduling of flights was a common annual
business practice and was not associated with the recent
aviation turbine fuel row with the state-owned oil companies.
The Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petrolum
Corporation Limited and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
have restricted ATF supply to Air India upto the amount which
it would pay on a daily basis.
According to latest figures, Air India owes a total of
Rs 2,250 crore to the three oil PSUs. The airline's daily fuel
bill was Rs 13.5 lakh in December when the oil firms stopped
the credit line which has now risen to Rs 16.5 lakh.
Latest official figures showed that Air India and Air
India Express (AIE) operated 422 and 71 flights respectively
on May 27, while 17 AI flights were combined and two AIE
flights were cancelled.
The two carriers operated 398 (AI) and 72 (AIE)
flights on May 28, 420 and 61 flights on May 29, 427 and 65 on
May 30, 413 and 58 on May 31, 428 and 73 yesterday and 426 and
71 today, the figures showed.
Stressing that restrictions on fuel supply was not an
issue, the spokesperson said "there is enough fuel available
and we are paying the oil companies as mutually agreed upon".
