For airlines, south’s where tailwind is

Bangalore: With Mumbai and Delhi airports overflowing, airlines are looking at setting up their bases in southern cities such as Bangalore and Hyderabad, which are in the process of developing world-class airports.
Chennai and Trivandrum airports are also on their radar. So much so that the soon-to-be-launched budget carrier EasyAir, promoted by a group of NRIs based in the US, has chosen Chennai as the operating base for its first four aircraft.
SpiceJet is setting up its fourth base in Hyderabad (after Delhi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad).
Air Deccan has four its eight bases in southern cities (Trivandum, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore). Kingfisher has night parking facilities in three southern cities (Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad) besides Delhi and Mumbai.
26/10/06 Praveena Sharma/Daily News & Analysis

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