JetAir will link more European destinations

New Delhi: Riding a turnaround in Indian aviation, Jet Airways — the country’s largest airline by market share — plans to expand to other European destinations, after launching its daily Delhi-Milan direct flight on Sunday.
“Our mature international routes are doing very well and have an average load factor of 82%. We do have plans to expand to all primary gateways in European gateways,” Jet Airways chief commercial officer Sudheer Raghavan said. The Naresh Goyal-controlled airline already operates flights to London and Brussels.
Asked why Milan was chosen over Rome, Raghavan said apart from being a major business centre with a large Indian diaspora, the route utilisation worked out better for Milan. “Rome is definitely an option and we will fly there too. It is just a question of time,” he said.
The company sees the Delhi-Milan route becoming profitable much before the 18 to 24 months it takes a new international flights to become profitable. The Mumbai-based airline operates to 24 international and 47 domestic destinations and has a fleet size of 80 aircraft.
Jet Airways CEO Nikos Kardassis said the airline would soon work out a code-share agreement with Italy for Milan as well as other routes.
06/12/10 Anindya Upadhyay/Economic Times

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