Two years after the resumption of airline services, air travel in the city is still getting step-motherly treatment from airlines, which do not find the city's route an important enough route to concentrate on. The schedule of a solitary round-trip flight between Delhi and Surat run by Air India, which has been regularly irregular, is about to change again by August 5. The flight will now leave from Delhi by 2.30 pm and reach Surat by 4 pm. It will take off half an hour later and land in Delhi at 6.10 pm. In fact, the airline has also changed the flight timings of August 3 and 4. Though the airline claims the change is to deal with weather problems in winter, observers feel differently.
"We have done this for operational purpose," said an official from Air India. "With this changed schedule, there will be no more problems with weather in coming winter months. Daily operations will be guaranteed." However, a source from Surat airport said, these changes in schedule was because the Surat route is not a priority route for the national carrier. To accommodate more important routes, Surat flight times have been changed to less important times, the inconvenience of the customer notwithstanding.
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