Ethihad Airlines proposes to operate to eight new destinations in India, including Chennai, Hyderabad and Kozhikode, by next year.
The airlines has sought permission to fly to destinations including Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Amritsar and all the planned operations were subject to bilateral regulations, Ethihad Airways Acting Country Manager Neerja Bhatia told a press meet here.
Ethihad is presently operating seven flights a week to the UAE from Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. It has plans to introduce one more flight from Kochi from January next.
The airline is also planning to introduce A320 aircraft for Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram after which daily two flights would be operated from the two cities to UAE.
23/11/07 PTI/Economic Times
Saturday, November 24, 2007