New Indian routes on hold

Dubai: Emirates on Wednesday put to rest speculation in aviation circles that it is planning four new routes into India. The Middle East--s largest carrier, in response to questions by this newspaper, said it has no --immediate plans-- to increase its Indian routes.
The airline operates 195 flights per week to 10 destinations in India. Reacting to the reports about its expansion plans in India, Ahmed Khoory, Emirates senior vice-president, Commercial Operations, West Asia and Indian Ocean, said: "India is a very important market to Emirates, but we have no immediate plans to launch new services to India."
It was hinted in a recent study that the carrier plans more flights to Amritsar, Mangalore, Pune and Tiruchirapalli.
12/09/12 Allan Jacob/NY Daily News

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Categories: Foreign Sep 2012