Even as Kingfisher cancelled more than 30 flights for the fourth successive day on Thursday citing some cockpit and cabin crew reporting sick as the reason, the real story emerged in response to a directive to all airlines to place on record the actual number of flights they would operate on Thursday against their winter quota.
Though Kingfisher has been claiming cancellation of 50 flights everyday, on Thursday it operated just 269 flights out of its quota of 418 daily flights; 149 flights, amounting to 36% of its daily quota, were cancelled.
Kingfisher has gone on record that it has cancelled the flights to reconfigure its Airbus A-320 aircraft.
But it has been learnt that around 130 pilots have quit Kingfisher which has been going through a cash crunch. Kingfisher has also been having mounting dues to Airport operators, oil companies etc. and it is understood that there has been increasing pressure on the airline to clear the dues.To cope with the shortage of crew and cash as well, Kingfisher is reported to have trimmed down its operations.
Air India, Alliance Air, Jet Airways, JetLite and Go Air alone are said to have operated all their flights allocated to them.
Kingfisher has gone on record that it has cancelled the flights to reconfigure its Airbus A-320 aircraft.
But it has been learnt that around 130 pilots have quit Kingfisher which has been going through a cash crunch. Kingfisher has also been having mounting dues to Airport operators, oil companies etc. and it is understood that there has been increasing pressure on the airline to clear the dues.To cope with the shortage of crew and cash as well, Kingfisher is reported to have trimmed down its operations.
Air India, Alliance Air, Jet Airways, JetLite and Go Air alone are said to have operated all their flights allocated to them.
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