Minister for Tourism Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao on Sunday asked Thai AirAsia not to withdraw its flight between Visakhapatnam and Bangkok from next month.
In a meeting with Devasish Dutt, airport manager of AirAsia, the Minister asked the airline to continue its services – FD116 Bangkok-Vizag and FD117 Vizag-Bangkok, which are operated four times a week on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
He also wrote a letter to Suresh Naik, India Operations, AirAsia, regarding the same. Visakhapatnam terminal manager Karthik participated in the meeting on behalf of the AAI.
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Malindo Air’s flight to Kuala Lumpur and SriLankan Airline’s flight to Colombo had been withdrawn in the past due to poor occupancy. While Malindo withdrew its service after introduction of a flight to Kuala Lumpur by AirAsia, SriLankan Airlines found its operations unviable.
Instead of Silk Air, a low-cost carrier from Singapore will be operating a service to Singapore from October. Air India operates a flight from Vizag to Dubai with stopover in Hyderabad.