Jet Air, Kingfisher to skip unviable routes

New Delhi: Full service carriers Kingfisher and Jet Airways are undertaking a massive route rationalisation exercise to minimise their operational costs.
Post consolidation in the domestic skies, both the private airlines are trimming the commercially unviable routes from the list of destinations they operate in the country.
While Kingfisher has already expressed its concern over continuing its service on routes in the Northeast, Jet Airways is also planning to replace commercially unviable routes by its low-cost arm JetLite.
Naresh Goyal-owned Jet Airways plans to withdraw some of its services in the Northeast region. The airline would, however, deploy JetLite to meet the route dispersal guideline.
However, JetLite can operate on the same routes profitably with its character being a low-cost,” a JetLite official said. JetLite has already sought approval of the civil aviation ministry for starting several new sectors in the north east region.
The budget carrier plans to make Guwahati its base in the region. UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya had also asked the civil aviation ministry in February this year to allow Deccan to withdraw flights on some routes in the Northeast region.
07/04/08 Nirbhay Kumar/Economic Times

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Categories: Jet Airways Apr 2008, Kingfisher Apr 2008