Air India said Monday that it would stop services between the capital cities of India and the United States from September 1, citing the shortage of airplanes due to the planned updates to their aging of the Boeing aircraft and at the close of the Pakistan airspace.
The suspension of services between New Delhi and Washington, DC, marks the last setback for Air India, which faces greater regulatory scrutiny after a June accident in Ahmedabad killed 260 people.
The planned deficit in the Air India fleet and the continuous closure of the airspace on Pakistan have impacted the long distance operations of the airline, which leads to longer flight routes and a greater operational complexity, said the carrier.
The airline has carried out a $ 400 million modernization program to update its fleet.
However, he sees that Pakistan’s prohibition costs him $ 600 million in 12 months, Reuters He had previously reported.
India and Pakistan closed their respective air spaces with each other days after the relations between the archir -lives in chopped after a fatal attack against civilians in Kashmir occupied by the Indians, which also caused the worst fight between the neighbors in decades.
Nueva Delhi has blamed Islamabad for the attack, accusations that Islamabad has denied.
Air India said that his flyers will have options to choose flights to Washington DC, with scales in New York, Newark, Chicago and San Francisco with the interlian partners of the Alaska Airlines airline, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
