State-owned Air India is planning to increase the daily utilisation of its aircraft both on domestic as well as international routes, a senior company official said Tuesday.
According to Air India Director of Finance Vinod Hejmadi the company is planning to use its aircraft for at least half hour more per day.
"Our daily utilisation of airplanes is not very good. It's around 10 and a half hours on Airbus route (domestic routes). We can increase it by half an hour...Even in the international routes, our 787s fly around 12 and a half hours per day. We can increase it to 13 and half hours," he said at CAPA India Aviation Summit 2019.
The government has been working on ways to revive the fortunes of Air India, which is estimated to have a debt burden of Rs 55,000 crore.
Hejmadi further said that the national carrier would now focus again on United States market by increasing its frequencies, indicating a shift of focus from Europe.
"On the international front, we concentrated on Europe a year ago. In fact, we started destinations to Scandinavia, Milan, Vienna, Madrid...We are redirecting our vision on the North America route," Hejmadi said.
12/02/19 PTI/Economic Times
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According to Air India Director of Finance Vinod Hejmadi the company is planning to use its aircraft for at least half hour more per day.
"Our daily utilisation of airplanes is not very good. It's around 10 and a half hours on Airbus route (domestic routes). We can increase it by half an hour...Even in the international routes, our 787s fly around 12 and a half hours per day. We can increase it to 13 and half hours," he said at CAPA India Aviation Summit 2019.
The government has been working on ways to revive the fortunes of Air India, which is estimated to have a debt burden of Rs 55,000 crore.
Hejmadi further said that the national carrier would now focus again on United States market by increasing its frequencies, indicating a shift of focus from Europe.
"On the international front, we concentrated on Europe a year ago. In fact, we started destinations to Scandinavia, Milan, Vienna, Madrid...We are redirecting our vision on the North America route," Hejmadi said.
12/02/19 PTI/Economic Times
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