Kolkata: Officials Airlines on Monday welcomed the decision of the state government to remove restrictions for flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Kolkata but said that normal operations will only proceed from next Wednesday or Thursday because of a schedule change needed to restore time.
However, there silencer with freshly issued restrictions on air travel between Bangalore and Kolkata.
Flights from IT capital of the country will only be allowed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
There are about 18 daily flights operate between Bangalore and Kolkata.
Air India also indicated that the earliest to resume flights between Kolkata and London on 13 February because they were booked to fly next week has been diverted via Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
“It is a great relief for the passengers because they will now be able to travel directly between London and Kolkata.
Flights on Feb.
13 has a 75% occupancy.
This will increase further now that the direct service has been restored,” said an AI official.
Sources said they would accept the call to bring low even earlier on Feb.
6 if they can manage a decent load in the next few days.
AI officials, along with Indigo, SpiceJet, Vistara, AirAsia India and was first rushed back to the drawing board after the country announced a relaxation in efforts to check how much low-40s that they operate from two cities which they operate from the two cities.
Kolkata can be recovered and how fast.
“Between mid-December and January-end, the number of flights has divided the two when the number of passengers fell by 60%.
But we expect an increase in demand that is stable in February and that should translate into more flights.
However, Delhi and Mumbai into these high density will see most flights reopen.
But they are not likely to occur on Tuesday, “said an airline official.
Because the case Covid increase in the run-up to the third wave, the state government has restricted the arrival of flights from Delhi and Mumbai only three days – a week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
According to the Kolkata Airport Director C.
Pattabhi, in these days, Kolkata Airport has been getting around 200-210 flights with passengers counted about 24,000.
In the remaining four, the number of flights dropped to about 190 and about 18,000 passenger figures.
Instead, this airport serves 390 low until mid-December with about 50,000 passengers traveling every day.
“This is a signal catchment definitely go back to normal.
Because the choice of tourists increased, they will be encouraged to travel more.
The number of passengers dipped drastically will soon rise.
It will also lead to the resumption of holiday travel, both domestically and outside country.
We look forward to a bright summer, “said Travel Agents Federation of India chairman (east) Anil Punjabi.
Chairman of the Association of Travel Agents of India (East) Manav Soni said the government revenue indicates that we have to move with the waves.
“This step will restore passenger confidence, reducing the pressure on the three days and lower fares directly from Delhi and Mumbai to Kolkata by 20-25%,” he said.
Rahul Wadhwa, chairman of the Committee ‘Operator’ Airlines in Kolkata said: “Relaxation will certainly boost business for airlines and instill confidence.
With the increase in the leaflet, the number of daily flights also tend to increase during the next few weeks.
As for Bengaluru, we have taken neglect and thus, the fresh restrictions will be applied from next Saturday.
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