Air India to cancel 60 flights on Indo-US routes in Nov.-Dec.

Air India has reportedly cancelled some 60 flights to and from San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Newark and New York between November 15 and December 31 as it does not have adequate wide-body aircraft to operate some of the flights to these destinations. Air India has cancelled 14 flights on the Delhi-Chicago route, 28 flights on the Delhi-Washington route, 12 flights between the Delhi-SFO route, four flights on the Mumbai-New York route as well as two flights on the Delhi-Newark route. Air India is said to be facing delays in getting aircraft from the MRO operator it is sending to for maintenance. Also, some of its wide-body planes are grounded due to technical issues. This has resulted in shortage of aircraft and consequently the flight cancellations, as per a report.