Air India to add further capacity to US

New York: Air India expects to earn 26 per cent more revenues from the India-US sector during the current fiscal even as it will add more capacity to US cities in the ensuing months, a top official of the flag carrier said.
"The India-US sector has emerged as the largest revenue earner for Air India and offers us enormous potential for growth, as we add more aircraft to our fleet," said Jitender Bhargava, the airline's executive director-commercial.
"Our revenues from the India US sector is expected to grow to Rs 33 billion (approx $832 million) in the current fiscal, with a 26 per cent growth over the Rs 26.15 billion that we earned in the previous fiscal," Bhargava told IANS.
Divulging the flag carrier's plans for the US sector in the ensuing months, he said San Francisco would be the next US city on its map with a non-stop flight from Bangalore with effect from August.
12/02/08 Arvind Padmanabhan, Indo-Asian News Service/Hindustan Times

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