Airlines cut down flights to and from Mumbai

New Delhi: Domestic airlines have cut back flights to and from Mumbai in the wake of the recent terrorist attack. The government on its part has
put all airports in the western region of the country on high alert.
The UB Group owned Kingfisher Airlines has combined some of its flights operating out of Mumbai. “We have decided to operate some of the flights jointly as we did on Friday. Our Mumbai-Delhi flight IT 331 may be combined with another Delhi flight IT 312. Similarly some of our daily flights to Bangalore- Mumbai and Bangalore- Delhi will also be merged together,” the airlines spokesman said.
Other domestic carriers Jet Airways and Air India have re-scheduled few of their flights out of Mumbai. Domestic carriers have reported an average 20-30% less boarding from various destinations for Mumbai-bound flights. According to airlines officials, the passengers load for the Mumbai-bound flights was much below the average forcing them to combine some of their flights.
Meanwhile few international carriers have already re-scheduled and cancelled their flights. Most of these are the East Asian carriers — Thai Airways, Malaysian Airlines, Cathey Pacific, Singapore Airlines — which have cancelled their flights due to the closure of Suvarnabhumi airport at Bangkok.
29/11/09 Economic Times

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