Crew crunch delays launch of AI's Amritsar-Dubai flight

Chandigarh: The Amritsar-Dubai flight of Air India Express which was scheduled to start by May 1 this year was delayed due to non-availability of trained cabin and operation crew and the focus shifting to Chennai-Kuala Lumpur and Chennai-Singapore routes.
An Air India spokesman from Mumbai, confirming this to TOI, said, "Yes, the flight has got slightly delayed and is likely to start mid July."
He said the Amritsar-Dubai flight got pushed back as the focus of AI shifted to Chennai-Kuala Lumpur and Chennai-Singapore routes, where traffic density is more. These two will be started by June 8.
Other reasons for the delay of Amritsar-Dubai flight was the time being taken in training and deploying cabin and operations crew.
31/05/06 Amit Agnihotri/Times of India

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