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The Civil Aviation Ministry has constituted a committee for rationalisation of routes for Air India.
While announcing the decision, the Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Ajit Singh, said that the committee would recommend rationalising the routes keeping in view the overall objective of profitability. The committee is expected to give its report within a week.
The committee will be headed by the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Mr G. Asok Kumar. Mr S. Nasir Ali, Director in the Ministry; Mr S.C. Sharma, Executive Director with the Airports Authority of India; and Mr Lalit Gupta, Deputy Director General of Civil Aviation, will be the members of the committee.
The committee will recommend route wise withdrawal or continuation of flights during current summer schedule and how to make them profitable. It will identify the parameters for new route allocation and their weightage for arriving at a decision.
The committee will also analyse the criteria for withdrawal or inclusion of routes in the summer and winter schedule during last year.
It has been asked to analyse economies of various routes on domestic and international sectors during last summer, winter and this summer schedule. It has also been asked to identify the routes not able to meet out various costs and reasons for not meeting out those costs.
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