Indigo and Spicejet - international developments
Feb 21, 2013 | 3:19 am
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Indigo closes Bom - BKK from 28th Feb ?
Seems Indigo is shutting the BOM - BKK daily flight from 28th Feb !
This flight seemed to have very decent loads as this was the only LCC in this sector and some colleagues of mine who hv flown this route say its quite full always..
Any idea why they closing such a lucrative route
Btw.. they started CCU - BKK in Dec end and this route already had 4 daily flights ( incl Air Asia ).. ok.. 3 of these flights (2 *9W and TG) catered only to traders / couriers but still..
This flight seemed to have very decent loads as this was the only LCC in this sector and some colleagues of mine who hv flown this route say its quite full always..
Any idea why they closing such a lucrative route
Btw.. they started CCU - BKK in Dec end and this route already had 4 daily flights ( incl Air Asia ).. ok.. 3 of these flights (2 *9W and TG) catered only to traders / couriers but still..
Feb 21, 2013 | 4:21 am
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Seems Indigo is shutting the BOM - BKK daily flight from 28th Feb !
This flight seemed to have very decent loads as this was the only LCC in this sector and some colleagues of mine who hv flown this route say its quite full always..
Any idea why they closing such a lucrative route
Btw.. they started CCU - BKK in Dec end and this route already had 4 daily flights ( incl Air Asia ).. ok.. 3 of these flights (2 *9W and TG) catered only to traders / couriers but still..
This flight seemed to have very decent loads as this was the only LCC in this sector and some colleagues of mine who hv flown this route say its quite full always..
Any idea why they closing such a lucrative route
Btw.. they started CCU - BKK in Dec end and this route already had 4 daily flights ( incl Air Asia ).. ok.. 3 of these flights (2 *9W and TG) catered only to traders / couriers but still..
Feb 21, 2013 | 5:31 am
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Feb 21, 2013 | 5:40 am
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By the way Calcutta is closer to Bangkok than to Bombay.
Feb 21, 2013 | 6:07 am
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Seems Indigo is shutting the BOM - BKK daily flight from 28th Feb !
This flight seemed to have very decent loads as this was the only LCC in this sector and some colleagues of mine who hv flown this route say its quite full always..
Any idea why they closing such a lucrative route
Btw.. they started CCU - BKK in Dec end and this route already had 4 daily flights ( incl Air Asia ).. ok.. 3 of these flights (2 *9W and TG) catered only to traders / couriers but still..
This flight seemed to have very decent loads as this was the only LCC in this sector and some colleagues of mine who hv flown this route say its quite full always..
Any idea why they closing such a lucrative route
Btw.. they started CCU - BKK in Dec end and this route already had 4 daily flights ( incl Air Asia ).. ok.. 3 of these flights (2 *9W and TG) catered only to traders / couriers but still..
Feb 21, 2013 | 10:16 am
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this was announced about 4 weeks+ back yes, but full loads were perhaps because they are not dictating price on this route and undercutting to get loads. so maybe it was not lucrative enough. also, do remember that from BOM and DEL, you pay some of the highest airport charges, each of which are payable per flight, so they'd rather use their slots for something else, I guess. Customers don't see this esp. when they want to fly to BKK, they want ultra low fares.
Feb 21, 2013 | 6:10 pm
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this was announced about 4 weeks+ back yes, but full loads were perhaps because they are not dictating price on this route and undercutting to get loads. so maybe it was not lucrative enough. also, do remember that from BOM and DEL, you pay some of the highest airport charges, each of which are payable per flight, so they'd rather use their slots for something else, I guess. Customers don't see this esp. when they want to fly to BKK, they want ultra low fares.
I have travelled in 12.5k tickets to bkk on a wide body a333,then why would I pay similarly for a a330 with no frills ? On BOM-bkk and DEL--bkk there are others such as Thai and Cathay who compete as well, and they have a focus on profitability or so I would like to believe
Feb 21, 2013 | 7:29 pm
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I am sure the airline thought otherwise I have travelled in 12.5k tickets to bkk on a wide body a333,then why would I pay similarly for a a330 with no frills ? On BOM-bkk and DEL--bkk there are others such as Thai and Cathay who compete as well, and they have a focus on profitability or so I would like to believe
I have travelled in 12.5k tickets to bkk on a wide body a333,then why would I pay similarly for a a330 with no frills ? On BOM-bkk and DEL--bkk there are others such as Thai and Cathay who compete as well, and they have a focus on profitability or so I would like to believe ... to be enlightened @:-)
Feb 21, 2013 | 8:48 pm
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this was announced about 4 weeks+ back yes, but full loads were perhaps because they are not dictating price on this route and undercutting to get loads. so maybe it was not lucrative enough. also, do remember that from BOM and DEL, you pay some of the highest airport charges, each of which are payable per flight, so they'd rather use their slots for something else, I guess. Customers don't see this esp. when they want to fly to BKK, they want ultra low fares.