NEW DELHI: Restarting international flights by March 27 is proving to be an uphill task for domestic carriers as they would have to completely overhaul and reschedule all their operations.
“Our load factors were just about picking up in the domestic sector and restarting international operations would mean restructuring all our ongoing operations. For instance, in the past, the aircraft we used for domestic operations during the day was used to fly on international sectors like Dubai and Bangkok in the night. Now, we are trying to streamline our schedules in a way that we can optimally utilise the aircraft. Also, pilots and crew have to be redeployed for the international sector, so there is a lot of work at hand,” said an official of a leading domestic carrier in India.
