Air India Kerala Flight Cuts Criticism

Shashi Tharoor, a Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, has strongly criticized India's reported plans to significantly reduce flight services to and from India — Kerala during the upcoming winter schedule (October-March). He has written to India MD Campbell Wilson, expressing deep concern that these cuts will cause severe hardship to migrant workers, students, tourists, and families, while also damaging India — Kerala's trade and tourism sectors. Tharoor also highlighted the withdrawal of business-class services on the Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram route as an 'insult to injury,' suggesting India is treating India — Kerala as an afterthought. He warned that passengers, including himself, would consider switching to rival airlines such as IndiGo and Akasa Air if India continues to neglect India — Kerala's interests. The India Group, owned by Tata Group, has not yet issued an official response. Other political figures, such as V. D. Satheesan, have also raised similar concerns.