Ireland offers to provide a hub to Air India in Dublin

London: Ireland has offered to provide a hub to Air India in Dublin, India's Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Salman Khursheed has said.
Air India has been scouting for an airport in Europe that is cheaper to operate than its current hub in Frankfurt, Germany.
Khursheed, who was on his way back home after attending a memorial service in Dublin to mourn the death of 329 people aboard an Air India trans-Atlantic flight that was blown up by terrorists 25 years ago, told newsmen in an informal chat that Ireland is setting up a new terminal in Dublin and they are keen that Air India shift its hub from Frankfurt to Dublin for one-stop flights between India and the US.
"They (Ireland) are also offering transit visas," he said.
Besides Khursheed, Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin and Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney also attended the annual memorial service held at the Sheep's Head peninsula on Ireland's West Cork coast on Wednesday.
The Montreal-New Delhi Air India Kanishka flight was flying via Toronto and London when it exploded in mid-air about an hour before its scheduled landing at London's Heathrow Airport. All 329 people onboard were killed.
27/06/10 Press Trust Of India/Hindustan Times

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