US 'Sapphire Airways' plans flights to India

New Delhi: US carrier 'Sapphire Airways' plans to launch its services to India from next year at competitive fares, which will be lower than those charged for direct flights, Press Trust of Indian (PTI) reported here Monday.
The proposed carrier, which is yet to get its approvals from the US Federal Aviation Authority, plans to start its services from San Fransisco to south Indian city Bangalore via Munich from June 2008, PTI quoted the company's Chairman and Founder, Rahul S Puranik, as saying.
He said the plans also included to launch a second flight on the Chicago-London-Mumbai sector at a later stage.
Observing that there was a great amount of traffic between the US and India, Puranik, a former pilot of American carrier Delta Airways, said "we will have competitive fares, which will even be lower than those being charged for the direct flights now."
In the first phase, the company would acquire long-haul aircraft from the Airbus, Puranik said.
12/06/07 Xinhua/The Hindu

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