Chidambaram inaugurates Jet Airways hub in Brussels

Brussels: Finance Minister P Chidambaram, inaugurated the exclusive Jet Airways international hub at the Brussels airport on Monday, making Jet Airways the first Indian airline to have full scale operations outside India.
Jet Airways recently launched international flights out of Delhi and Mumbai to destinations in North America. All its international flights fly through Brussels.
The hub is the only of its kind at the Brussels airport, which is Europe's sixth largest. It is self-sufficient and exclusive to Jet Airways with exclusive security channels for its passengers, exclusive shopping arcade, lounges and restaurants serving Jet passengers, Naresh Goyal, the chairman of Jet Airways said.
In the beginning Jet Airways will operate 10 daily flights from the Brussels hub, connecting Indian cities to places in USA and Canada. But the airline expects to expand and operate up to 35 flights ex-Brussels in future connecting India to European and African destinations.
Goyal also said that his airline was negotiating agreements to operate flights from Brussels to Shanghai, Dhaka and Colombo.
17/09/07 PTI/Economic Times

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