Maharaja to board Star Alliance soon

Bangkok: With domestic public sector carrier Indian Airlines’ merger with Air India coming through, the 'Maharaja' will board the largest international airline group, Star Alliance in 2007.
Speaking to FE Star Alliance chief executive officer Jaan Albrecht said, "From the Star(Alliance) perspective, we wanted a partner in India, which have access to international routes traffic rights and also domestic network, not just to fit flights in Delhi and Mumbai. One pre-condition was the merger between Air India and Indian Airlines. It has been approved by the government. So the pre-condition has been met"
"We understand Air India had a board meeting these days with the (Star) Alliance participation on the agenda. We have not received any feed back from Air India so far," Albrecht said. "But the indications are that they are also keen on participation with Star Alliance. We are a few months away for announcement on a membership," he added.
Star Alliance has also appointed a project manager especially for India who is talking with different airlines and airports for co-allocation of the Star Alliance member airlines at a same terminal at the major airports across the country for providing a common platform and better service to all their customers.
28/06/07 Atreyee Dev Roy/Financial Express

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