New Delhi: Air India withdrew and restructured several domestic and international flights, including those to and from Dammam, Toronto and Sharjah, since 2012 as it was not able to recover fuel and other variable costs on these routes.
Since 2012, the national carrier has restructured operations to Dammam and launched daily frequencies from Delhi which enabled the airline "to reduce its losses to a very large extent", Minister of State for Civil Aviation G M Siddeshwara said in the Lok Sabha.
The flight on Amritsar-Delhi-Toronto route was also stopped due to recurring losses to the tune of over Rs 126 crore, which subsequently came down to a loss of Rs 20 crore, he said in reply to questions.
Its services to Sharjah from Amritsar and Lucknow were restructured with subsidiary and no-frill carrier Air India Express, which had "a low cost base", starting operations, the Minister said.
14/07/14 PTI/Economic Times
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Since 2012, the national carrier has restructured operations to Dammam and launched daily frequencies from Delhi which enabled the airline "to reduce its losses to a very large extent", Minister of State for Civil Aviation G M Siddeshwara said in the Lok Sabha.
The flight on Amritsar-Delhi-Toronto route was also stopped due to recurring losses to the tune of over Rs 126 crore, which subsequently came down to a loss of Rs 20 crore, he said in reply to questions.
Its services to Sharjah from Amritsar and Lucknow were restructured with subsidiary and no-frill carrier Air India Express, which had "a low cost base", starting operations, the Minister said.
14/07/14 PTI/Economic Times
