"I have made this demand in a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju," Bhatt said.
Air India has suspended its daily morning flight on Delhi-Vadodara route since last week.
Demanding resumption of the flight to Delhi as soon as possible, Bhatt also sought restarting of AI's flight on Mumbai-Vadodara route which was suspended over five years back since the advent of private players.
"If the private airline companies could continue to operate on Vadodara-Delhi and Vadodara-Mumbai routes, then what prevents the Air India from operating on these routes?" the MP asked.
When contacted, an Air India spokesperson said that the Vadodara-Delhi flight has been temporarily suspended due to operational constraints, but did not comment on the parliamentarian's request to restart the Vadodara-Mumbai flight.
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