Jet to operate wide-body aircraft to fight congestion

New Delhi: Jet Airways, India’s largest carrier in terms of passenger volume, has found a unique way to resolve congestion at some of the major airports in the country.
The airline is looking at operating wide body airplanes in some of the congested domestic routes from the summer schedule. “From the summer schedule, we will be operating wide bodied Airbus A330s in a few of our flights to and from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai as the congestion at airports limit the number of flights we can operate,” said a senior Jet Executive, requesting anonymity.
The airline operates single-aisle Boeing 737s or Airbus A320s with around 160 seats per aircraft for domestic routes. The wide-bodied aircraft will provide around 230 seats per aircraft, allowing the airline to have more capacity with less number of flights.
Infrastructure constraints due to upgrade work at Mumbai and Chennai airports have drastically brought down the capacity of these airports and has forced airlines to drastically cut down the number of flights.
08/01/11 Business Standard

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