Cash-starved Air India putting crews on low-fat diet
Cash-starved Air India is putting its crew on a diet, changing their inflight menu to special low-fat meals. A spokesman for the airline said Wednesday that the objective is to provide healthy and cost-effective meals to crews on domestic and international flights. The airline declined comment on media reports that the cost per meal, mostly vegetarian, will fall to one-third of the current US$11 per meal. The new menu was introduced Monday on flights originating from New Delhi and Mumbai and will be extended to other routes soon. The decision comes at a time when the Indian govt is trying to divest from Air India, which has debts of nearly $8b. After an earlier failed attempt to sell the airline off last year, PM Narendra Modi's govt is expected to try again in October. <br/>
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Cash-starved Air India putting crews on low-fat diet
Cash-starved Air India is putting its crew on a diet, changing their inflight menu to special low-fat meals. A spokesman for the airline said Wednesday that the objective is to provide healthy and cost-effective meals to crews on domestic and international flights. The airline declined comment on media reports that the cost per meal, mostly vegetarian, will fall to one-third of the current US$11 per meal. The new menu was introduced Monday on flights originating from New Delhi and Mumbai and will be extended to other routes soon. The decision comes at a time when the Indian govt is trying to divest from Air India, which has debts of nearly $8b. After an earlier failed attempt to sell the airline off last year, PM Narendra Modi's govt is expected to try again in October. <br/>
