(a) whether there is any proposal for operation of Air-bus services from New Delhi to Bhubaneswar every day;
(b) if not, the reasons therefor and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
(c) whether all the routes of the country connected by Air-bus services are running in profit; and
(d) if so, the details of the routes with their income?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a): No, Sir.
(b): Indian Airlines` available fleet of A320 aircraft is
currently fully deployed and spare capacity is not available
to consider increase in A320 operations between Delhi and
Bhubaneswar.
(c) and (d): Deployment of aircraft on various routes
depends upon the traffic demand and availability of aircraft
from time to time. No specific allocation of aircraft is
made on a particular route.
As per the provisional figures, out of the 61 domestic
routes operated by Indian Airlines in the first quarter of
the current financial year, 45 routes earned cash surplus.
This is despite increase in the price of ATF and other input
costs.