Etihad proposes cargo growth to Indian market

Etihad Airways has proposed an increase in the number of Indian cities being served from its Abu Dhabi headquarters.
The airline, which operates 29 flights a week from the United Arab Emirates to India, is currently being constrained by an inter-government bilateral agreement. However, it hopes the frequency will be bolstered following a recent meeting between chief executive James Hogan and Indian minister of civil aviation Praful Patel.
Etihad currently operates daily flights from Abu Dhabi to the commercial capital Mumbai and national capital New Delhi, together with three flights a week to Trivandrum and four to Cochin. In addition, its Kerala route has been increased to daily flights from this month, bringing the number of weekly services from Abu Dhabi to India to 28 flights.
"In terms of our wish-list for new services from Abu Dhabi to India, we are looking at the cities of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Calicut, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Jaipur and Kolkata," added Hogan.
08/10/07 ArabianBusiness.com (press release), United Arab Emirates

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