A-I restores Chennai link

Bhubaneswar: After a year and a half, Air India has decided to revive its operations to Chennai which was snapped abruptly in May last year. It has planned to restart flights from October 25 daily, like in the past.
The move may have come as a relief to the travel industry as of now but many question the logic behind flying an Airbus between Chennai and Bhubaneswar.
Last year in May, the national carrier grounded its direct operations on the route without any reason to show. Low passenger traffic was among the top reasons for such a decision which hurt the travel and tourism industry badly.
For there was no direct connectivity to the Tamil Nadu capital and one needed to spend almost an entire day taking a detour either through Bengaluru or the nearer Hyderabad.
Air India has often been accused of neglecting Orissa and discontinuation of the direct flight to Chennai also prompted the State Government to lodge its protest strongly.
However, the national carrier management seemed to have given in finally and recently took decision to restart operation along Bhubaneswar-Chennai sector.
As per the schedule, the daily flight would leave Chennai at 11 a.m. and arrive here at 12.55 p.m. On the return route, it would leave for Chennai at 1.35 p.m.
The aircraft will have both economy and business class configurations.
19/10/09 ExpressBuzz

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