(a) whether Air India has withdrawn some flights from certain International routes;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the reasons for discontinuing the same?
(a) whether Air India has withdrawn some flights from certain International routes;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the reasons for discontinuing the same?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a) and (b):- Yes, Sir. Air India has withdrawn its
services from Tel Aviv, Geneva, Seoul in March, 1998 and
Frankfurt, Manchester and Rome in May, 1999. In addition to
above, Code Share flight with United Airlines between Delhi
and Washington was also withdrawn in April, 1999.
(c):- Air India initiated the process of implementing a
turnaround strategy to curtail losses and maximise profit
by:-
(i) Restructuring and rationalising its network by serving
core sector routes and developing a secondary network
service through airline alliances.
(ii) Redeployment of its own fleet on more profitable
routes.
(iii) Several unprofitable routes and routes with poor
profitability were withdrawan to concentrate on a more
consistently profitable routes.