Fewer flights higher fares this winter

DGCA disapproves Kingfisher's winter schedule

Domestic airlines have cut down capacity by 19 percent in the winter schedule approved by the Director General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday.

Air India and Jet Airways have reduced capacity where as  Spicejet, Go Air and IndiGo operations will increase in  the winter schedule. Mantra is a new scheduled regional airline of North region, which commenced their operations in July 2012. Kingfisher's winter schedule was not approved by the DGCA.
 

Airline	Departures per Week
	Winter Schedule 2011	Winter Schedule 2012
Air India	1875	1850
Alliance Air	438	319
Jet Airways	2905	2515
JetLite	875	854
Kingfisher Airlines	2930	Not approved
Spicejet	2051	2233
Go Air	588	675
IndiGo	1879	2447
Mantra	Nil	42
Total	13541	10935
source - DGCA