Tata group airline Air India is reducing its international services on wide-body aircraft by 15 per cent till at least mid-July due to a combination of factors.
These include enhanced safety inspections of its aircraft following last Thursday’s deadly crash of one of its Boeing 787-8 aircraft, and airspace restrictions in West Asia and night curfew at various European and East Asian airports, the carrier said Wednesday.
A number of Air India’s international flights were hit by delays and cancellations over the past few days. The cuts will be implemented by June 20 and will continue at least till the middle of July. The curtailment would effectively add to Air India’s reserve aircraft availability “to take care of any unplanned disruptions”.
“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,” it said.
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