By Stafford Martin
So far airlines that operate within India have not been affected,and I don’t think it will in the foreseeable future.
“Domestic as well as international entities, including entities involved in running airlines, have shown interest in Air India and coronavirus news situation is not to impact divestment of the national carrier,” – (Minister of Civil Aviation) Hardeep Singh Puri.
The most important reason being international carriers that are interested in acquiring a 100% stake in Air India.
Domestic carriers such as Indigo,SpiceJet and Vistara have been fully operational. Vistara also received their new Boeing-787 Dreamliner to add to their fleet.
International routes haven’t been affected either. We’ve still got United Airlines from San Francisco and New York, Emirates from Dubai to Chennai and Qatar Airways from Doha to Chennai.
We don’t seem interested in restricting operations from Hong Kong and Shenzhen either. Cathay Pacific and SF Airlines both operate Boeing-747 aircraft.
Other international airlines on the other hand have cancelled and grounded many of their flights to and from China. Some airlines are trying to give their customers full closure by posting to social media about how they’re taking precautions to try and stop the novel virus. An example of this is Emirates. They show how they disinfect and clean their Airbus A380 fleet.
Well that’s all for now. Coronavirus may have shut down alot of operations around the world,but does not look like it’s stopping India.
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