Air India may drop London-US link

Air India has indicated that it will discontinue connecting London to North America after finalising its European hub.
The airline will be shifting these flights to the new hub and will also look at connecting new trans-Atlantic destinations. The airline is evaluating three cities - Munich, Vienna and Frankfurt - to decide on its scissor hub in Europe.
Executive director for passenger sales and marketing P.K. Gupta, says the airline currently has flights to London, Paris and Frankfurt. "London will become a terminating flight. Paris and Frankfurt might be merged to fly into the new hub," he told DNA India. "In the US, we are looking at connecting Houston, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston and Washington DC after the hub is formalised.”
He says the carrier is examining the traffic patterns and viability of connecting these destinations.
Currently, Air India connects London to the John F. Kennedy airport in New York as well as O’Hare International airport in Chicago. It also flies to Newark through Paris.
Rival Jet Airways is scheduled to start flying to San Francisco through Shanghai this month.
24/05/08 Aviation Record, Australia

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