AirAsia Targets Two Million Passenger To India By 2011

Kulala Lumpur: Budget carrier AirAsia, which will start services to five more Indian cities starting April, has targeted two million passengers to India by 2011, its group chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes on Tuesday.
"We are proud to position Kuala Lumpur as the gateway to India and at the same time it is India's gateway to Asean," Fernandes said after the launch of the new services by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.
The airline will start daily flights to New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai in the second and third quarters of this year.
It will fly from Penang to Chennai on April 28 and from Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai (May 6), Chennai (May 17), Bangalore (May 20), Hyderabad (July 20) and New Delhi (August 4).
Ong said with the new routes, Air Asia and and its long-haul carrier Air Asia X would be able to leverage on the fast economic growth of India.
"I hope that AirAsia and AirAsia X will continue to go forward and open up even more destinations in India and across the world to give Malaysians the oppportunity to visit new places and more importantly providing Malaysia's companies and businesses an avenue to go into new markets and explore new economic opportunities," he said.
26/01/10 Bernama, Malaysia

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