New Delhi: Indian airlines will see the number of international flights go up to 1,695 a week by October next year, from 1,074, an increase of almost 58 per cent.
This follows the Indian Government allowing domestic airlines to not only operate on new routes connecting India with Rome, Madrid, Moscow, Barcelona, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Ho Chi Minh city and Al Najaf (in Iraq), but also permitting them to increase the frequency of flights to international destinations. It will be a phased increase over the next 15 months.
From the summer schedule 2013, Air India has been permitted to operate daily flights from Delhi to Rome-Madrid-Barcelona and Moscow, while from winter schedule 2013, the Maharaja has been allowed to launch a daily flights between Mumbai and Nairobi.
The summer schedule runs from the last Saturday of March till the last Saturday of October, while the winter schedule extends from the last Sunday of October till the last Saturday of March.
In effect, this means that an airline permitted to operate a flight in the summer schedule 2013 can start the service anytime between March 30 and October 20, 2013.
09/11/12 Business Line
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This follows the Indian Government allowing domestic airlines to not only operate on new routes connecting India with Rome, Madrid, Moscow, Barcelona, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Ho Chi Minh city and Al Najaf (in Iraq), but also permitting them to increase the frequency of flights to international destinations. It will be a phased increase over the next 15 months.
From the summer schedule 2013, Air India has been permitted to operate daily flights from Delhi to Rome-Madrid-Barcelona and Moscow, while from winter schedule 2013, the Maharaja has been allowed to launch a daily flights between Mumbai and Nairobi.
The summer schedule runs from the last Saturday of March till the last Saturday of October, while the winter schedule extends from the last Sunday of October till the last Saturday of March.
In effect, this means that an airline permitted to operate a flight in the summer schedule 2013 can start the service anytime between March 30 and October 20, 2013.
09/11/12 Business Line
