Kozhikode: The vital domestic air connectivity from Kozhikode to key cities across the country has been severely hit with various airlines pulling out from the routes citing profitability and operational bottlenecks.
The lack of enough flights in the domestic sector has hit the business and could blight the Information Technology ambitions of the city.
Airline industry sources said it is the low load factor in the domestic routes that has made many schedules from Karipur unviable.
"Deploying wide-bodied aircrafts on domestic routes is not viable due to the decreased load factor. The economics of the domestic sector demands both the right kind of aircraft and the right kind of fare. However, people have not been that eager to lap up the seats if the fares reflect our actual costs," a senior airline official said.
18/12/12 K R Rajeev/Times of India
