AI to restructure US, Europe flight schedules

Mumbai: The national carrier Air India is restructuring its US and Europe flight schedules and also commence Kolkata-London service from March 29. The airline is changing the schedules of its international flights originating from cities such as Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Cochin.
As part of the restructuring, Mumbai and Delhi will become the hubs for international destinations. This would mean passengers can fly to Mumbai or Delhi from smaller centres on Air India flights. As a result, there will be a considerable reduction in transit time for passengers who will fly out to destinations in the US and Europe.
“The restructuring by Air India is to provide seamless and fast connectivity without any hassle of baggage checking and other clearances at Mumbai and Delhi airports. A passenger can now directly check-in from the city of origin,” said the Air India spokesperson. Air India will also start services on the Kolkata-London routes from March 29. This is at a time when British Airways is pulling out its flights on this route. Air India’s spokesperson said that Air India is implementing these new schedules to increase load factors. This comes after Air India had said it will not be able to break even at the current load factor. “Corporate travellers, who account for about 60% of airline traffic, have reduced their travel budgets,” said Daljeet Kohli, research head of Emkay Global.
05/03/09 Mithun Roy/Economic Times

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