NEW DELHI :
Air India has improved its on-time efficiency within the 4 metro airports of Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad by as a lot as 28% within the first three months of this yr, based on knowledge launched by the civil aviation regulator, after the state-owned airline was taken over by the Tata group. A mean of 71.5% of Air India flights have been on time within the 4 metro airports between October to December 2021, which improved to a median of 91.3% between January and March, knowledge from the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation revealed.
“On-time efficiency is a key parameter for all airways,” mentioned Jitender Bhargava, former govt director of Air India. “It’s heartening to see that after Tata acquired management of Air India, on-time efficiency has witnessed vital enchancment. This was solely to be anticipated,” he mentioned.
“Our on-time efficiency final month was 91.2%, considerably greater than in the last few years,” an airline official mentioned, in search of anonymity. “It has all the time been Air India’s endeavour to function flights on time, and we’re leaving no stone unturned to make sure that Air India continues doing so,” the official mentioned.
Air India’s common well timed flights at metro airports in January was 92.9%, 89.8% in February, and 91.2% in March, knowledge confirmed. This in contrast favourably with the previous three months to December, after they have been 75.1% in October, 67.9% in November, and 71.7% in December.
Air India had the fifth-highest on-time efficiency rating throughout the metro airports final month. It stood on the backside of the league desk in October and moved up solely a notch in November and December. The rating desk consists of seven carriers. “Improve in on-time efficiency can solely level to the passion of the staff for being on observe. It’s going to all be based mostly on the efficiency. Earlier, there was no motivation for them to work. Now, they’ve began working effectively,” mentioned aviation security professional Mohan Ranganathan.
“To additional enhance their on-time efficiency, the check-in process must be streamlined, they usually want to make sure that the disembarkation and embarkation course of is completed effectively,” he mentioned.
Supply: Live Mint