Airline operator Emirates plans to add new destinations in the US and Russia from Hyderabad via Dubai in the next few months, anticipating a pick up in demand growth after a brief period of sluggish market in the last few weeks. Immediately on its radar are daily services from Hyderabad to Dallas and Seattle via Dubai. “We have finalised plans to launch the Dallas service on February 2, 2012 and the Seattle service on March 1, 2012,” said KP Venugopal, Sales Manager - Andhra Pradesh, Emirates. For both the services, the airline will deploy different versions of Boeing 777 aircraft, including the 428-seater model, according to a report by Amit Mitra in The Hindu Business Line.
“Our market estimates are that there are about 1,500 passengers flying to Dubai and Seattle each every month from Hyderabad. The passengers mostly include corporate travellers and visiting friends and family members,” he said. The inaugural offer in the economy class has been fixed at Rs 52,900 (return fare) to Dallas, and Rs 56,550 to Seattle.