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Air India Stops Non-Stop Mumbai-New York Flight Due To Low Demand While Flights To US From Delhi Flourish
Air India currently operates flights to Washington, Chicago (from Hyderabad via Delhi), Newark and San Francisco, which witnesses up to 80 per cent seat occupancy. (representative image) (image via @planespottersindia/Facebook)
Air India has announced that it is suspending its flight services from Mumbai to New York’s John F Kennedy airport due to reduced load factor also known as low seat occupancy, the Hindustan Times reports.
The flight services were temporarily suspended in February due to the closure of Pakistan airspace, and were supposed to resume in June.
The National carrier which operated the flight thrice a week did not include the flight in its winter schedule which starts from the third week of October and runs till the second week of March 2020. The airline will continue operating direct flight services from Mumbai to Newark.
The airline currently operates flights from Delhi to Washington, Chicago (from Hyderabad via Delhi), Newark and San Francisco, which witnesses up to 80 per cent seat occupancy.
In October, Air India grounded four Boeing B777-ER aircraft due to unavailability of spare parts. All of the planes are operational now.
Air India is also facing massive losses as all of its US-bound flights from Delhi after they were rerouted via Mumbai or Ahmedabad which increases the flight time by three hours.
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