Etihad Air to cover more local destinations

Abu Dhabi: In this fight for marketshare, India is an important battleground for United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) 30-month-old national carrier Etihad Airways as it plans to increase its flights to the country by about 300 per cent.
Etihad is in talks with Indian government to fly to Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
At present, it flies daily to Mumbai and twice a week to Delhi. Given the huge market of over 20 lakh expatriates in UAE, the airline would like to fly from Bangalore and Chennai as well.
“We want to reach all corners of South India to link them directly with Abu Dhabi and other destinations,” said Dougie Douglas, area manager, Northern India & Nepal, Etihad.
17/07/06 D K Singh/Business Standard

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