[Goanet] Bleeding airlines cut Goa flights
The huge growth in air travel to Goa and other destinations was due tolow fares offered by airlines. Due to various reasons, the low fare erahas gone, and so the air traffic has dropped. It is as straightforward asthat; nothing more to read into it. regards,Samir Here is a report on changes in costs and fares. Airfares outpace fuel cost hike Anirban Chowdhury / New Delhi August 17, 2008, 4:58 IST http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=331620 An analysis of twelve sectors, including long and medium-haul sectors like Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai-Bangalore and Delhi-Ahmedabad and short-haul sectors like Hyderabad-Bangalore, shows that while full-service carriers have increased prices by 52-55 per cent during April and August, low-cost carriers (LCC), led by Jet Lite, increased prices by anywhere between 75-85 per cent. Fuel cost is only the tip of the iceberg. Indian aviation is not at all energy efficient because of airspace restrictions due to military controls and and airport restrictions such as at Dabolim. Fifty percent of Indian airspace is restricted causing airlines to fly circuitous routes and there are over 25 civil enclaves which have slot restrictions causing congestion and hovering of planes. The biggest of these (Hyderabad and Bangalore and Kochi even earlier) have been shut inviting a high cost airport structure in the country. Dabolim, Pune, Vizag and Agra are next in line aggravating the whole matter. The need of the hour is for the government at all levels to seriously attack the cost structure of aviation (due to defence, taxes, AAI inefficiencies etc) to make low-cost no-frills aviation widespread in India including Goa without compromising security and state finances.
[Goanet] Bleeding airlines cut Goa flights
Bleeding airlines cut Goa flights16 Aug 2008, 0509 hrs IST, Gauree Malkarnekar,TNN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Bleeding_airlines_cut_Goa_flights/art icleshow/3369928.cms In view of the grim scenario, airlines have cut flights. Airlines have themselves officially admitted that they are **reducing 25% of their flights,**says Mohan Gera of MGM International. With the end of the tourist season in May, the number of planes landing at Dabolim airport has gone down considerably. According to Nilesh Shah of Raj Travels, most airline companies have cut flights. Indian Airlines has cancelled its Bangalore flight and very often calls off its last flight of the day to Mumbai. Go Air has withdrawn its Hyderabad and Delhi flights and reduced the frequency of its Bangalore flights, while Indigo has cut down its Mumbai, Kolkata and Cochin flights, he said.Spice Jet, which was flying two planes to Mumbai and Delhi daily, has brought this down to one. Jet Lite has withdrawn its Ahmedabad operations and Air Deccan has cut down its Mumbai and Bangalore flights, Shah further informed. In Today's TOI the story titled Slump in air travel is a phase it says Goa's Dabolim airport features among 4 of India's top 13 domestic airports including Bangalore, Chennai and Guwahati where domestic traffic has fallen by as much as 5 (five) per cent. So how to reconcile the two accounts? The apparently marginal 5% drop may have to be viewed along with previous growth rates of over 25%, resulting in a downward swing of a whopping 30%! That is nothing to sneeze at. The Goa government would do well to man action stations instead of complacently passing off the drop as a temporary phase.
Re: [Goanet] Bleeding airlines cut Goa flights
To Goanet - Philip Thomas wrote: The Goa government would do well to man action stations instead of complacently passing off the drop as a temporary phase. Rejoice, Goans! Let us pray that the number of flights in and out of Goa drop to less than 5 per day. Anything and everything to keep Indians away from Goa should be encouraged. Warm regards, r
[Goanet] Bleeding airlines cut Goa flights
Hi Philip The huge growth in air travel to Goa and other destinations was due to low fares offered by airlines. Due to various reasons, the low fare era has gone, and so the air traffic has dropped. It is as straightforward as that; nothing more to read into it. regards, Samir
