(a) the names of cities where Air India operates its flights;
(b) whether the Government is contemplating augmentation of air services;
(c) if so, the details in this regard;
(d) whether the NACIL proposes to introduce direct air
service to various cities of USA; and
(e) if so, the time by which this service is likely to be introduced?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION
(SHRI PRAFUL PATEL)
(a): The International destinations to which Air India and
its subsidiary, Air India Express, operate are: Newark,
Chicago, New York, Toronto, London, Frankfurt Paris, Al Ain,
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh, Muscat,
Salalah, Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, Colombo, Dhaka, Kabul,
Kathmandu, Male, Yangon, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok,
Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka.
(b) and (c): Air India currently does not have any plans to
expand the international services due to capacity constraints.
(d) and (e): Effective winter 2010 schedule, Air India has
restructured its services on India-USA routes so as to
operate daily non-stop services on Hyderabad-Delhi-Chicago &
vv, Mumbai-Delhi-New York & vv and Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Newark & vv routes.