Thursday, July 21, 2016

Aircraft purchases spell boom for tier II, III airports

New Delhi:  The expansion plans of domestic carriers and limited infrastructure at major airports could well be a blessing in disguise for tier II and III cities such as Coimbatore, Madurai, Guwahati, Jaipur and Chandigarh, as they could see enhanced aircraft movement in the coming years.

Airlines will also look at other options like operating late night domestic flights between tier II and III cities and metros. Further, they could look at launching night flights from tier II or III cities to international destinations such as Dubai and Sharjah.

Some airlines — such as Scoot, the low-cost, medium-haul arm of Singapore Airlines — are already targeting smaller cities.

Scoot recently started a tri-weekly service between Amritsar and Singapore and is set to launch services from Jaipur later this year.

A cross-section of industry that BusinessLine spoke with felt that more airlines will start looking at tier II and III cities as a number of carriers have placed large orders for new aircraft.
21/07/16 Business Line
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