Barely two-and-a-half months into their operations, Air India’s prized Boeing 787 Dreamliners have started showing their worth.
The national carrier’s international flights to routes like Frankfurt and Paris, which were earlier making losses, are now generating cash profit margins of up to R5 lakh per route, said an AI official.
“The Dreamliners have had a very positive impact on operations,” said S Venkat, director, finance, Air India. “On the domestic routes, we are seeing seat factor of 75-80%. The planes have also helped us turn around our operations on some international routes.”
As per airline sources, Dreamliner operations are providing a fuel cost saving of 20-22% on the routes they are operating on. On sectors like Delhi-London, Delhi-Paris and Delhi-Frankfurt, the airline was previously running losses due to operations of the fuel-guzzling Boeing 777-200LR.
11/08/13 Debabrata Das/Financial Express
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The national carrier’s international flights to routes like Frankfurt and Paris, which were earlier making losses, are now generating cash profit margins of up to R5 lakh per route, said an AI official.
“The Dreamliners have had a very positive impact on operations,” said S Venkat, director, finance, Air India. “On the domestic routes, we are seeing seat factor of 75-80%. The planes have also helped us turn around our operations on some international routes.”
As per airline sources, Dreamliner operations are providing a fuel cost saving of 20-22% on the routes they are operating on. On sectors like Delhi-London, Delhi-Paris and Delhi-Frankfurt, the airline was previously running losses due to operations of the fuel-guzzling Boeing 777-200LR.
11/08/13 Debabrata Das/Financial Express
