Air India International Flights: On Thursday (June 19), Air India has issued a big statement about international flights. The company said it would reduce the number of flights on 16 international routes connecting North America, Europe, Australia and the distant cities in the east. Apart from this, Air India will suspend three other routes between June 21 and July 15.
In its statement released on Thursday (June 19), Tata Group owned airline company Airline company said that the company has taken this decision to increase the pre-flight safety checks of its own free will and the more time taken in flights due to the closure of aerspace in the middle East.
The airline company said in a post on X in this regard, “The purpose behind this move of the company is to keep stability in the schedule and reduce the problems of passengers at the last moment.”
Airline takes a big step after Ahmedabad plane crash
This step has been taken by the Indian airline company Air India when a flight of Air India, leaving for Ahmedabad to London’s Gatwick Airport a few days ago, crashed soon after flying AI171. In this terrible accident, 241 out of 242 people on the flight died. Out of a total of 242 passengers, only one passenger was saved. At the same time, due to the crash of the plane, about 30 other people on the ground also died.
Company announces cuts in flights operations of widebody aircraft
The company issued a statement on Wednesday (June 18). The company had said that it would cut international operations from its widebod aircraft by 15 percent for the next few weeks, so that flights could be done smoothly. At the same time, on Thursday (June 19), the company said that due to the faults in flight operations, they are contacting the passengers affected and offering them alternative flights and complementary re-schedueling or offer to make full refunds according to their wish.
This international route of Air India will be suspended
AI has suspended the three international routes on which flight operations have been suspended. These include flights from Delhi-Narobi, Amritsar-London (Gatvik) and Goa (Mopa)-London (Gatvik).