Jet plans 2nd hub in Europe

New Delhi: Jet Airways may have curtailed its domestic footprint, but the Naresh Goyal-owned carrier has started scouting for a second hub in Europe after Brussels.
This hub would be in a central European country like Switzerland, Italy or Germany and is likely to be activated in 2009-10 when Jet is scheduled to launch the next phase of its international operations by adding new destinations and also increasing frequencies to existing ones in the Gulf.
"This year we'll be getting two more A-330s that will be used to launch flights to Saudi Arabia. We'll also link Bangalore to Brussels and beyond by October-end. The planes that join us from 2009 will be used for the next round of growth that will require a second hub in central Europe. In this phase, we'll look at more flights to Asean, China, North America, Europe and also add Africa to our network by flying to South Africa," Jet Airways chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said here while launching the Delhi-Dubai flight.
The airline plans to strengthen the existing Brussels hub by linking it to more Indian cities like Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad as also to newer ones in North America like Los Angles, Chicago and Vancouver.
25/08/08 Times of India

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