New Delhi: Domestic flyers will have more choices this winter as airlines are planning to operate 13,951 weekly flights starting October, an almost 14 percent increase from the flights operated during winter schedule 2014-15. This is over 11 percent increase from the summer schedule currently being followed.
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A DGCA official said typically, flight increase is 3-4 percent between two schedules but the increase this time is in double digits because of new airlines starting operations in summer which will get fully reflected in the winter schedule. Besides, SpiceJet, which had to drastically cut down operations last winter is expected to add anywhere up to five aircraft in the winter. Jet Airways is also expected to increase fleet for domestic operations apart from market leader IndiGo. Vistara started operations in January this year and its operations will get fully reflected in the upcoming winter schedule besides Air Asia and Air Pegasus.
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A DGCA official said typically, flight increase is 3-4 percent between two schedules but the increase this time is in double digits because of new airlines starting operations in summer which will get fully reflected in the winter schedule. Besides, SpiceJet, which had to drastically cut down operations last winter is expected to add anywhere up to five aircraft in the winter. Jet Airways is also expected to increase fleet for domestic operations apart from market leader IndiGo. Vistara started operations in January this year and its operations will get fully reflected in the upcoming winter schedule besides Air Asia and Air Pegasus.
07/08/15 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post
