Spain woos Kingfisher for Madrid European hub

New Delhi: Spain is in advanced talks with Indian private carrier Kingfisher Airlines to make Madrid its European hub for onward flights to the US and South American destinations, an official said Thursday.
"We are in advanced talks with Kingfisher and hope to see progress," Enrique Ruiz e Lera, director of the Spain Tourism Board for India, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, told IANS here.
"We had previously spoken to Jet Airways to make Madrid its European hub. Brussels offered them a better deal but we hope for better luck with Kingfisher," the official added.
Based in Singapore, Ruiz e Lera is also the tourism counsellor of the Spanish embassy here. He is in India with a 19-member Spanish delegation for meetings and workshops with travel agents and tour operators to increase tourist inflows from this country.
The delegation participated in a "very successful" four-day workshop in Goa last month that some 88 Indian companies attended.
02/11/07 IANS/Mangalorean.com

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