Air-India Express may skip Doha

Doha: Air-India Express might be forced to skip Doha in its winter schedule that goes into force in October as its parent company Air-India reconfigures aircraft for more lucrative operations. Air-India is poised for a major expansion V Thulasidas, Chairman and Managing Director, disclosed yesterday. In an interview with The Peninsula, Thulasidas, said that Air-India was reconfiguring some of its Boeing 737 aircraft into two classes for operations on lucrative routes, where a demand for premium class seats exists. This will result in a shortage of aircraft configured for all-Economy class operations, used by Air India Express, forcing the budget carrier to defer operations to certain destinations. The CMD said, he cannot offer exact dates from which Air-India Express would fly between cities in Kerala and the Qatari capital.
07/06/06 Ashwin Honawar/Peninsula On-line, Qatar

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