Air India mulling Euro hub, more direct flights to US

Mumbai: Buoyed by the successful launch of its non-stop Mumbai-New York flight on August 1, Air India is planning to add more such destinations in the US from various Indian cities and proposes to acquire more aircraft for this purpose.
After its Mumbai-New York direct flight, Air India is now looking at connecting more destinations like Chicago, Washington and Houston in the US and Vancouver and Toronto in Canada.
The airline is also looking at setting up an European hub and restart services to Australia and Switzerland, besides adding more services to Asian and SAARC destinations.
The Indian cities that could generate adequate traffic for such non-stop flights to north America are Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Amritsar, apart from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, Air India's Chairman, V Thulasidas, told reporters here.
09/08/07 PTI/Economic Times

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