New Delhi: After the Middle East and South East Asian airlines, it is now Japan's All Nippon Airways, which has declared its ambition of becoming the next gateway carrier for India, aiming to scoop up US-bound passengers and taking them to their destinations via its transit hub in Tokyo.
In the near future, All Nippon Airways (ANA) not only plans to add a couple more Indian cities to its network, but also quadruple capacity to Mumbai, where it has daily flights.
"Without the Indian market, we can not survive. Our location is very good for connections as from Narita airport in Tokyo, it takes only two hours to reach the US west coast. Also, we would take lesser time than Gulf carriers to fly to the US," All Nippon Airways general manager (India) Kenji Sugino told ET.
25/02/13 Anindya Upadhyay/Economic Times
