AVM rejects Air India claim on better connectivity of Amritsar-London-Toronto flight

Amritsar: Amritsar Vikas Manch has contradicted Air India’s claim that with the new schedule of Amritsar-London-Toronto flight from 31 October 2010, passengers will get daily connectivity to London and Toronto and will also save on time.
In a memorandum addressed to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel, Amritsar Vikas Manch Patron Dr. Charanjit Singh Gumtala has stated that according to statistics, Amritsar-London-Toronto is one of the most profit making routes served by Air India and by switching it through from 31 October, cargo business from Amritsar will be adversely affected as well because AI had earlier pressed into service a Boeing 777 on this route with a perishable cargo capacity of 24 tonnes and an almost equal capacity for the non-perishable cargo.
Data for the past 4 years shows that Air India has been discontinuing its hub-and- spoke flight that connects Amritsar to New York ,London ,Chicago, Singapore and other places from15 Dec to31 January owing to fog,but Amritsar-London- Toronto flight operates through out the year as it originates from Amritsar and its time is altered according to Amritsar season. So new route will not be in the interest of Punjabis nor of Air India itself .
20/10/10 Punjab Newsline

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