Rescheduling is now in the air

Bangalore: Jet has withdrawn two night flights to Kolkata and Bangalore sectors over the past six months because they were not able to get enough load on these flights. SpiceJet has also cancelled 4-5 flights during the same period.
Kingfisher Airlines did the same with its Ahmedabad-Jammu flight when the demand refused to pick up even after operating on the route for six months.
“As a rule, full-service carriers are constantly juggling their flights on a daily basis either by combining them or rescheduling them. However, certainly if a flight does not recover the variable cost for more than three months, then it is best to pull back that flight altogether and deploy the aircraft on a profitable route to ensure optimum utilisation of your aircraft,” said a senior Jet Airways official.
That is what SpiceJet did with its Delhi-Kolkata flight, which flew via Guwahati. It knocked out the Delhi-Kolkata flight and retained the Guwhati-Kolkata-Guwahati flight.
30/06/07 Praveena Sharma/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: General Aviation Jun 2007