NEW DELHI: Nonstop India-US connectivity has taken a further hit ahead of the upcoming peak summer travel season. Air India will temporarily suspend six of its 47 weekly nonstops to America for the next two to three months due to crew shortage, said AI CEO Campbell Wilson on Monday.
“We will be reducing frequency of the San Francisco and Newark nonstops by three each. In the next 2-3 months, the 100 pilots and 1,400 cabin crew in training will begin flying. The temporary crew shortage being witnessed on our Boeing 777 fleet will be resolved then,” Wilson said. Additionally, AI will be deploying narrow bodies on some Bangkok and Dubai flights instead of twin aisles for the same reason.
