Reconsider suspension of Air India flights: Korea to govt

New Delhi: The Korean travel trade industry has requested the Indian government to ask the national carrier, Air India, to reconsider its decision to suspend flights to Incheon from October.
In an appeal to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, Korean travel trade firms said the decision had come at a time when the number of visas being issued to Indians had risen by 64 per cent in the past three years to over 71,000 per year.
This was expected to increase to more than 80,000 this year, the 'India Tour', which represents Korean travel agents, said, adding that AI's decision "to discontinue flight operations from October 1" had come as a "big shock to all the Korean travel trade."
Air India has decided to pull out of several destinations as a part of its cost cutting measure.
When contacted, officials in the national carrier confirmed that a decision had been taken to suspend operations on certain non-profitable sectors like Los Angeles, Seoul and Dar Es Salaam.
28/08/08 Zee News

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