JetLite May Start Low-Cost India-Middle East Flights This Year

JetLite (India) Ltd., the budget arm of the country's largest private airline, aims to start flights to the Middle East as early as March, increasing competition on routes dominated by state-controlled carriers.
The airline plans to have daily flights from India's west coast to as many as four cities, including Dubai, Doha and Kuwait City, Chief Executive Officer Garry Kingshott said in an interview yesterday.
The plan further dents the hold of Indian state carriers on Middle East routes after parent Jet Airways (India) Ltd. earlier this month became the first non-government Indian airline to fly to the Gulf. Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways are also increasing flights to India from the Middle East, home to some 4 million Indian workers.
Air India Express, the budget-airline unit of the nation's biggest overseas carrier, is currently the only Indian low-fare airline flying the route. Air Arabia PJSC, a low-cost carrier based in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, flies to Indian cities including Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai.
25/01/08 Liza Lin/Bloomberg

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