New Delhi: The crash of a scheduled Malaysia Airlines flight between
Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur has the potential to change the scope of
commercial aviation.
The area where the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went down on the Ukraine Russia border is a busy flight path which is frequently used by global airlines while flying between Europe and Asia.
After the loss of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft, Air India and several other global airlines have decided against flying over the region and have changed their flight routes. Besides Air India, Jet Airways too operates flights to Europe from India.
This will not only make the flights between Europe and Asia longer but it will also see the cost of operations going up as every additional minute spent in the air means burning more aviation fuel.
With aviation fuel being at an all time high due to the crisis in Iraq which is one of the largest producers of oil, the deviation from a well laid down flight path is likely to bruise the profitability of the global airline industry.
Read news in full 18/07/14 Ashwini Phadnis/Business Line
The area where the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went down on the Ukraine Russia border is a busy flight path which is frequently used by global airlines while flying between Europe and Asia.
After the loss of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft, Air India and several other global airlines have decided against flying over the region and have changed their flight routes. Besides Air India, Jet Airways too operates flights to Europe from India.
This will not only make the flights between Europe and Asia longer but it will also see the cost of operations going up as every additional minute spent in the air means burning more aviation fuel.
With aviation fuel being at an all time high due to the crisis in Iraq which is one of the largest producers of oil, the deviation from a well laid down flight path is likely to bruise the profitability of the global airline industry.
Read news in full 18/07/14 Ashwini Phadnis/Business Line
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