Mumbai: Air Asia will not take off from Mumbai for now. The top management said the carrier is changing course for want of suitable slots. Even four months back, the low-cost carrier was bullish about its impending Mumbai operations.
The airline's Mumbai plans became public last September. "We are coming," group chief executive Tony Fernandes had tweeted with pomp. "In Incredible India....Bombay (Mumbai) is changing by the day ....AIRASIA India will be starting in this metro soon," his tweet read.
Tuesday, however, was different. CEO Mittu Chandilya, while speaking on the sidelines of a seminar, said: "We did have plans to fly from the commercial capital of the country. But we did not get the required slots."
But he did say Delhi was very much on the radar. Initially, the company had ruled out both Delhi and Mumbai, citing high airport costs.
04/02/15 Shahkar Abidi/Soumonty Kanungo/Daily News & Analysis
The airline's Mumbai plans became public last September. "We are coming," group chief executive Tony Fernandes had tweeted with pomp. "In Incredible India....Bombay (Mumbai) is changing by the day ....AIRASIA India will be starting in this metro soon," his tweet read.
Tuesday, however, was different. CEO Mittu Chandilya, while speaking on the sidelines of a seminar, said: "We did have plans to fly from the commercial capital of the country. But we did not get the required slots."
But he did say Delhi was very much on the radar. Initially, the company had ruled out both Delhi and Mumbai, citing high airport costs.
04/02/15 Shahkar Abidi/Soumonty Kanungo/Daily News & Analysis
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