Thiruvananthapuram: Four Air India (AI) flights have flown out of Thiruvananthapuram international airport to destinations in Gulf since Tuesday without any export cargo after exporters commenced boycotting the flights of the national carrier following a steep increase in fuel surcharge on perishable export cargo.
Airport sources said the flights of AI to Abu Dhabi and (IC) Sharjah on May 1 and those to Muscat and Riyadh on May 2 were that went without any perishable export cargo following the decision of the national carrier to increase fuel surcharge on perishables by Rs.8.50 per kg through two circulars.
With this, the fuel surcharge in the national carrier had gone up to Rs.15.50 per kg. The flight to Abudhabi had a cargo space of 1,500 kg, three tonnes each of cargo space on the flight to Sharjah and Muscat and 12 tonnes on the flight that left from here to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
03/05/12 S.Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
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