Malaysian Airline has put off its plans to add Kochi and Amritsar as new destinations to India, but “will be adding three flights a week to Delhi from October this year.”
“We are revisiting our business model in India based on our current aviation economic situation and the company will decide on our next move to new destinations at a later stage, the airline’s regional manager, South Asia, Christopher Yek, has been quoted in a media report as saying.
With the introduction of three more weekly flights from New Delhi, “This airline will offer the customer a daily service from not only Chennai and Mumbai, but from Delhi too,” he said.
The airline also offers regular flights to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.
Source: bernama.com.my
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NEW DELHI: In its bid to regain the lost ground, Air Sahara on Wednesday said it would re-start its Delhi-London fights from July end and explore possibilities to mount flights to more international destinations.
From the third week of July we will be re-starting our Delhi-London flights. We will fly four times a week, Air Sahara president Alok Sharma told reporters here. The airline would utilise the leased wide-bodied A-340 aircraft, which had been returned by Jet Airways after a takeover deal between the two private carriers collapsed, for its Delhi-London service.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific would operate daily services from Delhi and Mumbai from December during the winter schedule.
It would introduce 12 additional flights for this purpose.
The airline now operates four flights a week each to the two metropolises and would increase the frequencies to seven from next month till January, it said in a release.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Air Canada cutting flights to New Delhi
Air Canada is being criticized by business leaders in the Indian-Canadian community for cutting all flights to India in favour of routes going to China.
The airline told the Toronto Star that daily service to New Delhi will end as of May 1. Company spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick said it has been difficult to fill the flights year-round. He added that demand for flights to China has been on the rise.
It is a surprising decision for the Canada-India Business Council. President Kam Rathee sent a letter to Air Canada president Montie Brewer urging him to reconsider.
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Malaysia Airlines on Monday announced the launch of daily flights from Delhi, from October 31.
It also announced a special introductory fare of Rs 13,999 on the sector, which would be applicable on the additional flights to be operated on Tuesays, Thursdays and Saturdays till November 30, the airline said.
At present it runs four flights from Delhi. The Malaysian carrier also announced a special Diwali offer of Rs 10,527 from Delhi to Kuala Lumpur for travel only on November 1.
Passengers travelling with Malaysia Airlines can also take the advantage of the 'Showcase Malaysia' package, which offers three nights complimentary
Two days after it launched its Delhi-Ahmedabad-Mumbai night flight, low fare carrier SpiceJet on Friday claimed the service had received "tremendous response" by registering 98 per cent passenger load factor.
The lowest one-way fare for Delhi-Mumbai is Rs 1,599, while Delhi-Ahmedabad fare is Rs 999. The flight operates three times a week.
After two more aircraft join its fleet next month, the airline plans to launch more late-night flights on Delhi-Bangalore, Delhi-Pune or Delhi-Goa sectors, SpiceJet's promoter, Ajay Singh, said in a statement.
The airline chairman, Siddhant Sharma, said the 98 per cent load factor in the last two days was totally unexpected.
"When
