Air India to cut long haul international flights by 15%
Air India
said that it will reduce flights to Europe and North America by 15% till mid-July to increase contingency aircraft to cater for cancellation.
The airline has cancelled over 80 flights since last Thursday when one of its Boeing 787 aircraft crashed seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad killing 241 on board and 30 on ground.
Most of those flights were to be operated by 787 aircraft and were cancelled due DGCA's enhanced inspection, the effect of which was compounded due to the closure of the Iran airspace forcing airlines longer diversion. Night curfew in European airports further delayed the return leg as pilots also ran out of their permitted duty hours.
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'Given the compounding circumstances that Air India is facing, to ensure stability of our operations, better efficiency and to minimise inconvenience to passengers, Air India has decided to reduce its international services on wide body aircraft by 15% for the next few weeks,' the airline said in a late night statement.
'The cuts will be implemented between now and 20 June and will continue thereafter until at least mid-July. This effectively adds to our reserve aircraft availability to take care of any unplanned disruptions.'
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The statement came after Tata Sons chairman
N Chandrasekaran
told a TV channel that the airline failed to communicate efficiently to its customers about the cancellations.
Air India said that checks have been completed on 26 787r aircraft. Six aircraft, currently under maintenance, will undergo checks when they return to the fleet.
Air India has a fleet of 33 787 aircraft, the oldest of which was acquired in 2012. The plane that went down in Ahmedabad entered service in 2014.
The airline said that along with the 787, it will also undertake enhanced safety checks on its Boeing 777 fleet for added precaution.
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