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Airlines cut Diwali flights for first time since Covid

Headline via The Hindu BusinessLine · first report 11 Nov, 09:58 IST, latest 11 Nov, 12:08 IST

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2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Times Now at 11 Nov, 09:58 IST; the latest is from The Hindu BusinessLine at 11 Nov, 12:08 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report11 Nov, 09:58 IST
Latest report11 Nov, 12:08 IST
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India has recorded its first Diwali flight capacity decline since COVID, with airlines scheduling fewer flights amid rising fuel costs, expensive tickets and operational challenges, making festive travel costlier.
Airlines scheduled about 6% fewer flights across October and November than a year earlier, according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium.

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