Visakhapatnam: Airline officials have cited poor revenue yield and operational factors as reasons for several flights withdrawing from the Visakhapatnam airport despite a steady growth in fliers at the airport.
“Fliers flying in and out of Visakhapatnam airport are keen on buying low-priced tickets. If we increase the fare marginally we have observed that there’s a drop in number of passengers. Selling cheap tickets are decreasing our revenue yield. Moreover, inconsiderate of the prices of the tickets, when we operate a flight we have to pay several charges to the Airports Authority of India,” said an airline official on condition of anonymity.
But airline officials pointed out that besides revenue yield, there are several operational reasons for flights withdrawing from the Port City.
“Indian aviation is going through a rough patch now. Cash-strapped Jet Airways has stopped its entire operation. Following an air crash in Africa, the directorate general of civil aviation has restricted operation of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from May 14. This restriction has compelled airlines to axe flights and small airports, like Visakhapatnam, had to bear the burden of this decision,” another airline official added.
However, airport officials are still optimistic about flight operations at the Visakhapatnam airport as they stated that despite several flights withdrawing in the last one year, there have been new flights that started their operation from the airport during the same period.
The airport director explained, Jet Airways had stopped its operations to Mumbai and Delhi. But Air India and Spice Jet had introduced operation at these segments. Alliance Air had stopped its Tirupati operation but would fly to Hyderabad. Similarly, Indigo had withdrawn its flight to Kolkata-Visakhapatnam-Bangalore owing to operational reasons. But the airline is scheduled to reintroduce the operation soon.
Times of India
16/07/19 Arpit Basu/Times of India
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“Fliers flying in and out of Visakhapatnam airport are keen on buying low-priced tickets. If we increase the fare marginally we have observed that there’s a drop in number of passengers. Selling cheap tickets are decreasing our revenue yield. Moreover, inconsiderate of the prices of the tickets, when we operate a flight we have to pay several charges to the Airports Authority of India,” said an airline official on condition of anonymity.
But airline officials pointed out that besides revenue yield, there are several operational reasons for flights withdrawing from the Port City.
“Indian aviation is going through a rough patch now. Cash-strapped Jet Airways has stopped its entire operation. Following an air crash in Africa, the directorate general of civil aviation has restricted operation of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from May 14. This restriction has compelled airlines to axe flights and small airports, like Visakhapatnam, had to bear the burden of this decision,” another airline official added.
However, airport officials are still optimistic about flight operations at the Visakhapatnam airport as they stated that despite several flights withdrawing in the last one year, there have been new flights that started their operation from the airport during the same period.
The airport director explained, Jet Airways had stopped its operations to Mumbai and Delhi. But Air India and Spice Jet had introduced operation at these segments. Alliance Air had stopped its Tirupati operation but would fly to Hyderabad. Similarly, Indigo had withdrawn its flight to Kolkata-Visakhapatnam-Bangalore owing to operational reasons. But the airline is scheduled to reintroduce the operation soon.
Times of India
16/07/19 Arpit Basu/Times of India
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