New Delhi: With airlines from India withdrawing from China and on Monday Qatar not allowing travellers from India to enter, the number of aircraft operated by Indian carriers that will have to be grounded will increase dramatically.
On March 6, Kuwait “temporarily suspended” all flights from seven countries, including India, for a week. The decision has been taken as a “preventive measure due to the spread of coronavirus worldwide. There is another school of thought which says that as many as four to five widebody aircraft of Indian carriers could be grounded. A widebody aircraft is generally an aircraft which can seat over 250 passengers and fly long distance like flying from India to Europe or America non-stop.
Among the Indian airlines that fly to Kuwait are Air India and Air India Express.
It is estimated that between 6 and 8 Indian aircraft, a combination of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft operated by Indian carriers will get affected by the restrictions on movement of Indians by Qatar and Indian carriers’ decision to withdraw services from countries like China. Among the India airlines that fly to China and have withdrawn their services are IndiGo and Air India.
09/03/20 Ashwini Phadnis/Business Line
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On March 6, Kuwait “temporarily suspended” all flights from seven countries, including India, for a week. The decision has been taken as a “preventive measure due to the spread of coronavirus worldwide. There is another school of thought which says that as many as four to five widebody aircraft of Indian carriers could be grounded. A widebody aircraft is generally an aircraft which can seat over 250 passengers and fly long distance like flying from India to Europe or America non-stop.
Among the Indian airlines that fly to Kuwait are Air India and Air India Express.
It is estimated that between 6 and 8 Indian aircraft, a combination of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft operated by Indian carriers will get affected by the restrictions on movement of Indians by Qatar and Indian carriers’ decision to withdraw services from countries like China. Among the India airlines that fly to China and have withdrawn their services are IndiGo and Air India.
09/03/20 Ashwini Phadnis/Business Line
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