Thiruvananthapuram: The withdrawal of the Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengaluru has sparked a row, with minister K Babu himself coming out seeking the continuation of the service.
There are allegations that the decision for withdrawal of the flight, taken by the sales and commercial department of the Air India in Chennai, was to help the private airlines operating in this sector.
The last Air India service from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengaluru was on Monday and 70 passengers had to be offloaded due to over booking. On Sunday about 40 passengers were offloaded due to the same reason.
"It was a very effective route as far as Air India is concerned. Several IT professionals and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) officials were totally dependent on this service. It was a busy sector for the Air India,'' said N Kannan, station manager of Air India.
Minister in charge of airports K Babu wrote to Union minister of civil aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju and to chairman and managing director of Air India Ashwani Lohani, on Monday, seeking the continuation of the flight service from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengaluru.
27/10/15 Times of India
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There are allegations that the decision for withdrawal of the flight, taken by the sales and commercial department of the Air India in Chennai, was to help the private airlines operating in this sector.
The last Air India service from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengaluru was on Monday and 70 passengers had to be offloaded due to over booking. On Sunday about 40 passengers were offloaded due to the same reason.
"It was a very effective route as far as Air India is concerned. Several IT professionals and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) officials were totally dependent on this service. It was a busy sector for the Air India,'' said N Kannan, station manager of Air India.
Minister in charge of airports K Babu wrote to Union minister of civil aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju and to chairman and managing director of Air India Ashwani Lohani, on Monday, seeking the continuation of the flight service from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengaluru.
27/10/15 Times of India
