Air India said in a statement that it has cancelled a “small” number of flights between November and December on account of delayed return of some aircraft from heavy maintenance and supply chain constraints, without naming the destinations.
Amid the peak festive season, Tata Group-owned Air India will cancel some 60 flights on the India-US routes between November and December this year due to shortage of aircraft, airline sources told news agency PTI. The flights, which have been canceled during the peak travel period, include services to San Francisco and Chicago, among others, the source said.
Air India, in a statement issued here, said that it had cancelled a “small” number of flights between November and December on account of delayed return of some aircraft from heavy maintenance and supply chain constraints, without naming the destinations.
Affected customers have been “informed” and offered flights on other Air India group services operating on the same or adjacent days, the statement added.
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“Air India has cancelled some 60 flights to and from San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Newark and New York between November 15 and December 31, as it does not have adequate wide-body aircraft to operate some of the flights to these destinations,” sources told PTI.
This includes cancelling 14 flights on the Delhi-Chicago route, 28 flights on the Delhi-Washington route, 12 flights between the Delhi-SFO route, four flights on the Mumbai-New York route and two on the Delhi-Newark route, according to the sources.
“Air India is suffering flight delays since the aircraft it has deputed from the MRO operator for scheduled maintenance with the operator. Then again, it is short of its wide-body planes also for technical reasons.
Due to less availability of aircraft and finally due to the cancellation of flights, they added, “Because of the delayed return of some aircraft from heavy maintenance and supply chain constraints that result in a temporary reduction in operating fleet, Air India regrets that a small number of flights have been canceled between now and end-December,” an Air India spokesperson said.
It may be recalled that Air India operates five flights between Delhi and Washington, while Delhi-JFK (New York) and Mumbai-JFK routes have seven flights per week.
On The Delhi-Chicago Route Also, The airline Will Operates Seven Flights Per Week.
Air India operates flights to San Francisco from three destinations — Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Of this, Air India operates 11 flights per week, including one daily service on the Delhi-SFO route, while from Mumbai and Bangalore, it operates four flights per week. Besides, Air India also operates three flights per week to Newark from Delhi and Mumbai.
