New Delhi: Air India may start flying to four or five new destinations in Europe and is also looking at the possibility of getting six Boeing 787-900 aircraft which are more spacious than the current B 787-800 in its fleet.
It is obvious that Air India is planning significant overseas expansion in the coming months. But is it a wise move? This expansion may come right after the airline has been forced to restructure almost all overseas flights it began with much fanfare in 2013-14. It made some wrong moves like combining two cities in a new country without enough traffic between these cities; launching flights to destinations where there is not enough traffic and being over optimistic with flight frequencies.
A source said today that the idea of clubbing two destinations in a country while launching flights was a bad one and needs to be corrected. Air India launched operations to Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, Rome and Milan in Italy and to Moscow in 2013-14 with disastrous results.
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It is obvious that Air India is planning significant overseas expansion in the coming months. But is it a wise move? This expansion may come right after the airline has been forced to restructure almost all overseas flights it began with much fanfare in 2013-14. It made some wrong moves like combining two cities in a new country without enough traffic between these cities; launching flights to destinations where there is not enough traffic and being over optimistic with flight frequencies.
A source said today that the idea of clubbing two destinations in a country while launching flights was a bad one and needs to be corrected. Air India launched operations to Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, Rome and Milan in Italy and to Moscow in 2013-14 with disastrous results.
07/05/15 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post
