Airlines give wings to Gujarati fliers

Ahmedabad: Shortly after Air Arabia, Kuwait Airways and Jet Airways kicked off direct flights from Ahmedabad to Sharjah, Kuwait and London, others like Emirates, Qatar Airways and Air Etihad are raring to fly in.
While Emirates has already announced a six-flights-a-week service to Dubai from October 28, Qatar Airways will be kicking off daily direct flights to Doha from December 13.
With a Rs 290-crore makeover set to give Ahmedabad a new world-class terminal by early 2009, European carriers like Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic and British Airways may be keen on taxiing in, said sources. The new terminal will have a capacity to accommodate nearly 500 passengers at any given point of time and big aircraft like A-380 too, airport sources said.
International passenger traffic from Ahmedabad has already zoomed to 3.37 lakh in 2006 from 3.18 lakh in 2005 riding on only four carriers — Air India, Indian Airlines, Singapore Airlines (2003) and Kuwait Airways (started in October 2006).
28/09/07 Swati Bharadwaj-Chand/Times of India

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