Air Sahara to start Kuala Lumpur flights

Kochi: Private carrier Air Sahara will commence operations to Kuala Lumpur from 19 March and hopes to get government clearance to start services to West Asia by January 2008, a top airline official said today.
“The three-year restriction imposed by the government for private airlines to operate services to the Gulf sector ends by December this year,” Air Sahara president, Mr Alok Sharma told reporters here.
Air Sahara, Jet Airways and other private carriers were unable to operate flights to West Asia due to government policy, he said, adding the airline was expecting to get necessary approvals by January next year.
Malaysia will be Air Sahara’s fifth international destination after Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore and Maldives. The Delhi-Kuala Lumpur flight will fly to Singapore on its return trip to Delhi.
The airline also launched a daily Thiruvananthapuram-Male flight to the Maldives from 10 March and offers connections from Delhi and Kochi to Male, he said.
12/03/07 Press Trust of India/The Statesman

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