NEW DELHI: The civil aviation regulator DGCA has
rejected giving an approval to the winter schedule of flights for Kingfisher
AirlinesBSE -3.57 %, a government statement said on Wednesday.
Last year, the Vijay-Mallya owned carrier operated 2930 flights per week.
Though this year's winter schedule of Indian scheduled carriers has shrunk by almost one-fifth compared with last year's with the withdrawal of Kingfisher's capacity from the market, full service airlines like Jet AirwaysBSE -0.58 % and Air India have lowered capacity, while budget carriers have increased the same vis a vis 2011.
"There is reduction of flights in Winter Schedule 2012 vis-a-vis Winter Schedule 2011 by about 19%," an official release said.
On the whole, Indian scheduled carriers will offer 10,935 departures per week as opposed to 13, 541 last year.
Going by the data, one can see that Jet Airways is offering only 2515 flights per week, 400 less than last year, IndiGo is offering 2447 flights per week, which is 568 more than 2011.
Similarly, Spicejet has added about 200 flights this winter season to offer 2233 per week, while GoAir has added 90 flights this year compared with the last season at 675 per week.
Jet Airways' low cost arm JetLite has also decreased 21 flights per week this year to offer 854 departures per week.
National carrier Air India has shrunk its schedule marginally offering 1850 flights this winter season as opposed to 1875 in the last one.
Mantra is a new scheduled regional airline of North region, which commenced their operations in July 2012 and will operate 42 flights per week, according to the winter schedule.
Last year, the Vijay-Mallya owned carrier operated 2930 flights per week.
Though this year's winter schedule of Indian scheduled carriers has shrunk by almost one-fifth compared with last year's with the withdrawal of Kingfisher's capacity from the market, full service airlines like Jet AirwaysBSE -0.58 % and Air India have lowered capacity, while budget carriers have increased the same vis a vis 2011.
"There is reduction of flights in Winter Schedule 2012 vis-a-vis Winter Schedule 2011 by about 19%," an official release said.
On the whole, Indian scheduled carriers will offer 10,935 departures per week as opposed to 13, 541 last year.
Going by the data, one can see that Jet Airways is offering only 2515 flights per week, 400 less than last year, IndiGo is offering 2447 flights per week, which is 568 more than 2011.
Similarly, Spicejet has added about 200 flights this winter season to offer 2233 per week, while GoAir has added 90 flights this year compared with the last season at 675 per week.
Jet Airways' low cost arm JetLite has also decreased 21 flights per week this year to offer 854 departures per week.
National carrier Air India has shrunk its schedule marginally offering 1850 flights this winter season as opposed to 1875 in the last one.
Mantra is a new scheduled regional airline of North region, which commenced their operations in July 2012 and will operate 42 flights per week, according to the winter schedule.
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