Air India is gearing itself to cash in on the opportunity by adding more aircraft to its fleet and introducing flights to new destinations in non-metro cities. The national carrier is also considering introducing flights on the existing routes during non-peak hours connecting tier-II and tier-III cities with the metros. Our correspondent quoting sources reports, feasibility study is going on about the possible load and ways to connect those non metro towns. Air India is getting requests from small towns like Bhagalpur in Bihar, Deogarh in Jharkhand, Agra and Gorkhapur in Uttar Pradesh to begin air services. In an effort to connect more tier-II and tier-III cities with metros, Air India has recently launched Delhi-Gwalior-Mumbai-Gwalior-Delhi, Delhi-Ranchi-Delhi and Delhi-Kanpur-Kolkata-Kanpur-Delhi flights . Apart from these, Air India is planning to launch Delhi-Vizag-Chennai-Vizag-Delhi, Delhi-Coimbatore, Delhi-Vadodara-Surat, Delhi-Port Blair flights in the next phase. Besides Delhi, Air India is also planning to make another hub at Guwahati to provide better connectivity to the North East. This would connect the region to the rest of the country as Guwahati airport has night landing facilities.
News On AIR | May 29, 2011 1:21 PM
AI to introduce more flights in non-metro cities