"During the monsoon, tourists generally don't turn up and we have to depend only on the passengers going there for work," said airline's public relations officer. "This leads to a heavy financial loss for the company and so we have decided to reduce the number of flights."
On many occasions, there are only five to seven passengers on a flight, Mukherjee said.
Previously there, was a daily flight to and from Port Blair. Now there will be only four flights a week -- on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Besides AI, Jet Lite and Air Deccan each have two flights per day. Jet Airways flies to Port Blair on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while SpiceJet has one flight a week.
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