Sunday, June 16, 2013

Air India to fly again to Africa

London: Air India will soon resume direct services to some East African nations to grab a share of the steadily growing traffic between India and Africa on account of increasing trade, services and medical tourism.
No Indian passenger carrier at present flies to Africa, which is fast emerging also as a resource hub for Indian companies.
Also, the national passenger carrier is losing out passenger traffic to Middle East-based airlines like Dubai's Emirates Airlines, Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways, which till now are the only reliable air link between India and Africa.
"There are plans to start services to Africa soon," India's civil aviation minister Ajit Singh told IANS during a visit here.
"There is a huge potential in the sector due to growing traffic between India and some of the African countries on account of trade and business developments as well as education and medical tourism," said Singh.
16/06/13 IANS/Times of India
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