AI vows not to cancel Kozhikode-Gulf flights

Kozhikode: Air India chairman and managing director V Thulasidas has ordered that no Air India or Air India Express flights in the Kozhikode-Gulf sector should be cancelled under any circumstance.
A press release issued from the Air India said that a reserve aircraft of Air India Express could be positioned at Karipur to ensure that delays are reduced and to offer greater operational flexibility.
A high-level AI team headed by E A Varghese, executive director (south), visited Kozhikode on Friday following the concerns expressed by the travelling public as well as various sections of people.
Air India, the single carrier operating to/from Kozhikode, has accorded an overriding priority to Kozhikode station in terms of the number of flights as well as the operations. The release said a senior director-level officer will closely monitor all the incoming and out-bound flights from Kozhikode. The release added that Air India would increase the number of flights operating from Kozhikode immediately after the Haj operations.
27/10/07 Newindpress

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