India's Jet Airways has delayed the start of its New Delhi-Hong Kong flights by a few months, a senior official said, signaling deepening gloom in an industry buffeted by high oil prices.
There are no plans "at the moment" to rationalize other routes, Executive Director Saroj Datta said on Monday.
"We are deferring New Delhi-Hong Kong flights to the winter, taking into account the requirements of the market, and redeploying the capacity," he said.
The flights had been scheduled to start in June.
State-run rival Air India is examining its schedule but has not made a decision yet, a spokesman said.
"We are taking a long, hard look at our schedule because of the extremely difficult conditions... with the unprecedented and unabated rise in fuel prices, which are affecting the economic viability of flights in certain sectors," he said. |
