Overview

• Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said he wrote to Air India MD Campbell Wilson after media reports pointed to large-scale curtailment by Air India Express from Kerala airports.
• The reports cite potential withdrawals between late October and March from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode and Kannur.
• Tharoor warned that reduced connectivity would burden migrant workers, students, tourists and families, with knock-on effects for trade and tourism.
• He argued Kerala is being treated as an afterthought and noted the earlier removal of business-class service on the Delhi–Thiruvananthapuram route.
• The DGCA has not yet published the winter schedule, Air India Group has offered no immediate comment, and Tharoor said IndiGo and Akasa Air could capture displaced demand.