USAsian asks for daily Air India flights for Indian cities

Washington: An advocacy group of Indian and Asian American has asked Air India to start its daily flight service between Washington and Indian cities.
The proposed daily flight has been in the pipeline for some time now, for which the federal authorities have given the necessary license, but Air India has been unable to start the service as the state-owned airline is struggling for its survival, said Devasish Ray, Executive Director of USAsian.
"After careful research and analysis we are convinced that it would be profitable for Air India to operate flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to key cities in India," Ray said. "Dulles airport transports close to 2,000 passengers on eight airlines and the passenger revenue amounts to approximately $1,235,000 daily," he said. Air India's two daily flights from New York, which lands by 7.30 AM and leave by 9.30 PM (local time) the same day, sit idle and incur unnecessary parking fees amounting to nearly $10,000 per aircraft, he said.
27/08/09 Press Trust of India/Business Standard

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