Crisis in Sri Lanka: Air India scales down flights to island nation due to poor demand

Air India on Sunday said it will reduce its India-Sri Lanka services from 16 flights per week currently to 13 flights per week from April 9 due to poor demand.

Sri Lanka is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in history. With long lines for fuel, cooking gas, essentials in short supply and long hours of power cuts, the public has been suffering for weeks.

“Currently AI is operating 16 flights a week — daily flights from Delhi and nine flights a week from Chennai,” an Air India spokesperson told

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