Jet eyes 2nd European hub

New Delhi: Jet Airways is looking at a second European hub for its flights to the US. Paris, Munich and Milan have been identified so far.
Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on aviation in New Delhi, Saroj Datta, executive director, Jet Airways, said, “We are looking at how traffic in these three places shape up before making a final decision on which city we choose as a second hub.”
At the moment, Jet has Brussels (Belgium) as its main hub. The carrier is also planning to set up a hub in Shanghai for which discussions are expected to be held with the Chinese authorities next week.
The advantage, of course, is that flights from India going via Shanghai to the West Coast would save two to three hours of flying time compared with flights via Singapore and Hong Kong.
Datta also pointed out that international business would constitute over 50 per cent of its business in the next two to three years. Currently, international business contributes 37 per cent to the business. He also said that it took 12-18 months to break even on international routes, though it was quicker for West Asia.
14/03/08 Business Standard

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