Indian to begin daily services to Melbourne this year

Melbourne Airport is about to get a lot busier after government moves to give a new group of overseas airlines access to Australian airspace.
Qatar Airways will be the first of the new airlines here. The move follows the signing this week of a new air traffic rights arrangement by the governments of Doha and Australia.
Indian Airlines, recently granted rights to operate between New Delhi and Tullamarine, also is due to begin daily services to Melbourne later this year.
Yesterday's decision caused Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon to warn that it would trim operating costs even further.
Qantas has already cut jobs and closed its Sydney maintenance workshops over the past year to compete with rival overseas airlines subsidised by foreign governments.
Last night, Federal Government sources indicated Emirates Airlines and another Persian Gulf carrier, Etiad, were also likely to get permission soon to increase their operations.
17/03/07 Geoff Easdown/Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia

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