Shashi Tharoor flags concerns over AI Express plans to curtail Kerala flights

Lok Sabha member and senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday expressed deep concerns over Air India Express’ planned curtailment of flights connecting various cities in Kerala, saying that Air India “must stop treating Kerala as an afterthought”. Air India Express is the low cost arm of Tatas-owned Air India Group.

“I have written to @airindia MD Campbell Wilson to express my deep concern over reports of large-scale cancellations of @airindiaexpress services from Kerala’s airports in the forthcoming winter schedule. According to widely-circulated media accounts, a significant number of flights are being withdrawn from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode and Kannur between late October and March,” Tharoor said in a post on X.