Tiruchi: A move to shift the city office of Air India to the airport has raised the hackles of the travel trade here.
The city office of the Air India functioning from a rented building near Karumandapam on Dindigul Highway, less than 2 km away from the Central Bus Stand, will be shifted within a couple of months to the airport, according to airline sources. The office has been functioning for several years here now. The move is said to be part of the cost-cutting measures of the airline. The sources indicated that the airline was set to move to the airport where additional space had been sought for the office from the Airports Authority of India.
As Air India does not operate flights from here, the office primarily serves customers of the national carrier’s low cost arm, Air India Express. Air India Express operates 21 flights a week from the city with daily flights to Singapore, Dubai, and Chennai. The flights are well patronised and are predominantly used by blue-collared migrant workers from the central and southern Tamil Nadu.
09/12/14 S Ganesan/The Hindu
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The city office of the Air India functioning from a rented building near Karumandapam on Dindigul Highway, less than 2 km away from the Central Bus Stand, will be shifted within a couple of months to the airport, according to airline sources. The office has been functioning for several years here now. The move is said to be part of the cost-cutting measures of the airline. The sources indicated that the airline was set to move to the airport where additional space had been sought for the office from the Airports Authority of India.
As Air India does not operate flights from here, the office primarily serves customers of the national carrier’s low cost arm, Air India Express. Air India Express operates 21 flights a week from the city with daily flights to Singapore, Dubai, and Chennai. The flights are well patronised and are predominantly used by blue-collared migrant workers from the central and southern Tamil Nadu.
09/12/14 S Ganesan/The Hindu
