Qantas welcomes India's Kingfisher Airlines

A move by India's Kingfisher Airlines to join the oneworld global airline alliance will help Qantas in its quest to increase its presence on the subcontinent, according to chief executive Alan Joyce.
Qantas has long sought to gain a foothold in one of the fastest-growing aviation markets but has struggled to make direct services between Australia and India profitable. It currently flies to Mumbai via Singapore.
Mr Joyce said the addition of Kingfisher, which carried 11.6 million passengers in the year to March 31 and averaged 360 departures a day, would give the flying kangaroo a good network and more passenger options in India.
"We think India, like China, is a really high-growth market for us," he said.
"We've always struggled with direct services and making the economics work, and having the ability to sell multiple destinations, the distribution and the frequent flyer access, all of that aids these operations quite significantly.
18/06/10 Steve Creedy/The Australian

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