Finnair sees India as key market for tourism, transit

Helsinki: Nordic carrier Finnair sees India as a strategic market not just for in-bound tourism into Finland, but to also serve as a convenient hub for transit to other European nations and North America, says its chief executive Mika Vehvilainen.
But the carrier, which flies to New Delhi for the moment, has no immediate plans to look at other Indian cities nor re-introduce passenger operations to Mumbai from which it has cargo operations, the chief executive added.
"India offers a lot of potential. It is a growing market and an important market for us. But the aviation market there faces lot of competition," Vehvilainen told IANS, on the margins of Finnair's annual global press meet here.
"In fact, the Asian economy is growing very fast and we are very keen to grow with the Asian economy. Our team has also spotted 10-12 destinations there. But for the moment, we don't have any expansion plans. We want to consolidate," he said.
07/06/12 IANS

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2012