Jet cancels Delhi-HK flights, for now

New Delhi: Even as domestic carriers are lobbying hard to fly abroad in an effort to utilise capacity better, Mumbai-based full service carrier Jet Airways has deferred the commencement of its Delhi-Hong Kong operations.
Sources in the company said that the flights, which were supposed to begin from June, may have been delayed till November.
"We have decided to defer our Delhi-Hong Kong flights as we found it necessary to deploy that capacity on other routes," said Executive Director Saroj K Datta, refusing to divulge more details.
Sources close to the development, however, said that the operations to Hong Kong had been deferred due to the delay in deliveries of some of their Boeing aircraft that were supposed to be deployed on the India-US route. Jet has ordered 10 Boeing aircraft and exercised its options for three more. These three have been scheduled to be delivered between 2007 and 2009.
"The delay in deliveries of some of the Boeing aircraft has compelled Jet to deploy the Airbus A330, which was supposed to be used on the Delhi-Hong Kong route, on the US route," said a source. Jet took the delivery of one of its A330s last month. This was supposed to be deployed on the Delhi-Hong Kong route.
09/06/08 Anirban Chowdhury/Business Standard

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