Int’l carriers bet on India growth story

Mumbai: International carriers are increasing their flight frequencies to and from India in a bid to cash in on the 20% growth in global air travel from the country. Currently, 1,070 international flights operate per week from various Indian airports. Over 69 international carriers from 49 countries have operations in the country. Airports in metro city are being upgraded to handle volumes that will grow 30-40% by 2014.
Axel Hilgers, Lufthansa's South Asia director, said: “By improving connectivity from India's key gateways to four European hubs with an unrivalled number of onward destinations, our airline group supports the demands of the country's growing need for international mobility. The Lufthansa Group carriers -- Swiss International Airlines and Austrian Airlines, along with Lufthansa, provide services to Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich and Vienna.
The airline is set to increase the number of flights from 66 to 75 in the winter schedule.
With a significant improvement in capacity on its Indian network, Swiss will now serve the Delhi-Zurich route daily from six flights a week earlier. Lufthansa and Austrian will also have more frequencies.
26/06/10 Shaheen Mansuri/Fiancial Express

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2010, Indian Aviation- In General Jun 2010