TRENDS| Flying to India makes good biz sense

India is moving up another global listing — of being among the top 10 revenue generating routes for several global airlines.

Whether it is neighbouring Singapore or Sri Lanka, or the faraway US or Britain, flying to India makes good business sense.

For Singapore Airlines, India has been registering double-digit growth in capacity even when the rest of its global route network is growing in single digits. “For us, India is definitely among the top 10 revenue generators globally and features very strongly among our scheme of things,” Mr Subhas Menon, Regional Vice-President, West Asia and Africa, Singapore Airlines, told Business Line.

According to Mr Robert James Baird, Area General Manager, Asia and the Pacific, British Airways, the latest results show that the India route is among the top three revenue generators for the airline.

Adds Ms Nisha Maharaj, Regional Manager, American Airlines, “The launch of any new sector has to make good business sense. We are seeing growth on a year-to-year basis on the India route.”

According to the Mr Peter Hill, Chief Executive Officer, Srilankan Airlines, while India was not among the top revenue generator for the airline earlier, the situation is different now.

02/12/07 Ashwini Phadnis/Business Line