Sunday, March 29, 2015

Despite nod, AI Express fails to operate flights to Abu Dhabi

Trichy:  The number of people travelling from the central districts to the Middle East is increasing but Air India Express has not operated flights to Abu Dhabi from the international airport here for the past two years, despite having obtained slots.

A Right to Information (RTI) Act petition filed to the director general of civil aviation on specific operations of Air India Express flights revealed that the airlines had obtained approval to operate 24 services from Trichy, out of which 10 were never run.

The Chennai- Trichy - Abu Dhabi and Trichy - Colombo flights are supposed to fly three and seven services respectively from the city but they have been totally neglected. A senior official of Air India Express here said, "The flights to Abu Dhabi were suspended two years ago after Air India Express did not find it feasible to operate it from here."

Information about the approved slots for Air India Express from Trichy to Colombo reportedly surprised even the airport officials here, who claimed they had had no knowledge of it.
29/03/15 Harish Murali/Times of India
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