GMR group targets 20 cities to garner hinterland air traffic

Mangalore: To provide better connectivity to nearly 20 centres in the catchment areas of Hyderabad airport and to improve passenger traffic at the airport, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) has launched a new service called ‘Fly via Hyderabad'.
Speaking to Business Line in Mangalore, Mr Vikram R. Jaisinghani, Chief Executive Officer of GHIAL, said that this product would provide better domestic and international connectivity to around 20 tier-II and tier-III cities in south and central India.
The flying time from Hyderabad to most of these tier-II and tier-III cities is one-and-half hours. The ‘Fly via Hyderabad' product is less time consuming compared to transfer via other airports, he said.
Explaining this, Mr Jaisinghani said that if a person wants to travel to Kolkata from Mangalore he will have to spend 8.35 hours if he travels via Mumbai airport, and 7.45 hours if he goes via Bangalore airport.
The travel duration will be 6.45 hours, if that person travels via Hyderabad.
Some of the cities in the catchment areas of Hyderabad airport include Mangalore, Aurangabad, Tirupati, Nagpur, Goa, Indore and Bhubaneswar.
01/11/11 Business Line

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