Air India today increased its domestic operations by flying over 60% of its daily services as ticket bookings picked up gradually after the ten-day pilots'' strike.
The national carrier operated 190 out of its 320 scheduled flights till 1700 hours today with its narrow-bodied aircraft, offering a little over 60% of its normal capacity. This amounted to about 25,000 seats on its network in the domestic sector and on flights to neighbouring countries.
"We are ready to operate our entire schedule. All aircraft and the full complement of pilots are available. But we are also looking at the loads on the flights to make the flights financially viable," an Air India official told PTI.
Air India operated 38 of 52 flights out of Delhi, with the official saying total normalcy in operations could be expected by Wednesday.
"We are enhancing our operations in a phased manner matching the ticket bookings which are gradually picking up, after remaining closed for a long period during the strike. There is no point in launching flights when seats are not filled up", he said.
09/05/11 PTI/Moneycontrol.com
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