Jetstar Asia has no plans to restart Calcutta flights

Singapore: Jetstar Asia, the Singaporean budget airline owned by Qantas Airways, aims to break even by 2009, betting that travel demand will lift ticket sales.
The carrier, which has not been profitable since it started flying in 2004, plans to focus on shorter routes and align its operations with Jetstar, the Australia-based budget airline of Qantas, according to Jetstar Asia's chief executive, Chong Phit Lian.
Jetstar Asia has been selective on routes. The carrier currently has no plans to resume flights to Chengdu and Xiamen, which were previously operated by Valuair and suspended because the routes were not viable, Chong said. Similarly for India, there are not any plans to restart flights to Calcutta. It currently flies only to Bangalore.
"Calcutta is a long sector and unless we have a different fleet, we will not resume the flight," Chong said. "We would rather improve the frequency of shorter sector flights."
30/08/06 Chan Sue Ling and Bernard Lo/Bloomberg News/International Herald Tribune, France

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