Four international airlines looking to operate from Hyderabad

Hyderabad: In spite of the global recession and low capacities, international airlines are still looking at operating out of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Speculations are rife that international carriers, namely Cathay Pacific Airways, Turkish Airlines, Kenya Airways and Iran Air are looking at operating flights from Hyderabad this year. According to sources from GMR- Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), the four aforementioned carriers are either in talks with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Government of India for bilateral rights or have received the rights and are looking at starting operations soon.
A source close to the developments said, “The traffic from Hyderabad to Iran, Kenya, Turkey and Hong Kong is growing day by day. People from Hyderabad are forced to board one-stop flights to these countries, as there are no direct flights. The bilateral talks are on between the four carriers and the Indian aviation ministry and there are high possibilities that the carriers will start operations from Hyderabad soon.” Viswanath Attaluri, Chief Commercial officer, GHIAL confirmed the news, but denied to disclose any time frame for the carriers to start operations from and to Hyderabad International Airport.
30/01/09 Anita Jain/TravelBizMonitor

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Categories: Airports Jan 2009, Foreign Jan 2009