Low cost carrier Air Asia will temporarily suspend four flights a week on the Kuala Lumpur-Tiruchi-Kuala Lumpur sector from June 16 to October 15 due to “operational reasons.”
One of the major operators from the city, the airline currently has 21 flights a week, with three flights a day, on the sector. The airline will now withdraw its afternoon flights on four days a week. However, it will continue to operate three flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, airport sources told The Hindu. Confirming the move, airline sources here termed it as a temporary suspension owing to operational reasons including maintenance of aircrafts. “The flights will resume from October 16,” they affirmed and maintained that there was no drop in the passenger load factor. All flights of the airline, which operates 180-seater Airbus A320 aircraft on the sector, have been operating to 90 to 95 per cent load factor, the sources said. Travel agents too say that there is no drop in passenger traffic to Kuala Lumpur and temporary suspension of flights for operational reasons is normal among airlines. They also point out that Tiger Airways recently suspended its second frequency to Singapore from Tiruchi on Mondays as a temporary measure till June 30.
08/06/14 S Ganesan/The Hindu
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One of the major operators from the city, the airline currently has 21 flights a week, with three flights a day, on the sector. The airline will now withdraw its afternoon flights on four days a week. However, it will continue to operate three flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, airport sources told The Hindu. Confirming the move, airline sources here termed it as a temporary suspension owing to operational reasons including maintenance of aircrafts. “The flights will resume from October 16,” they affirmed and maintained that there was no drop in the passenger load factor. All flights of the airline, which operates 180-seater Airbus A320 aircraft on the sector, have been operating to 90 to 95 per cent load factor, the sources said. Travel agents too say that there is no drop in passenger traffic to Kuala Lumpur and temporary suspension of flights for operational reasons is normal among airlines. They also point out that Tiger Airways recently suspended its second frequency to Singapore from Tiruchi on Mondays as a temporary measure till June 30.
08/06/14 S Ganesan/The Hindu
