New Delhi: State-run Air India has withdrawn its 10 direct flights to international destinations in the last three years due to poor passenger load.
The airline, which operates flights from 59 domestic destinations, started flights to six new international destinations during the same period, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
"AI had withdrawn its services on Mumbai-Nairobi-Mumbai sector, Chennai-Kuala Lumpur-Chennai sector, Calicut-Mumbai- Kuwait sector, Bangalore-Singapore-Bangalore sector, Hyderabad -Sharjah-Hyderabad sectors in 2010," Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation K C Venugopal told the Lok Sabha.
In 2011, it withdrew services on Chennai-Damman-Chennai sector, while services on Cochin-Kozhikode-Dammam, Trivandrum- Dammam, Mumbai-Dammam, Hyderabad-Dammam and Amritsar-Delhi- Toronto sector were cancelled last year, he said.
20/03/13 PTI/Economic Times
