Airlines keen to scale Great Wall

Mumbai: Domestic airlines are keen to bring China into their network as the latter is set to become the country’s top trade partner in the coming years. While Jet Airways and Air Sahara are planning new services, Air-India is set to ramp up its services to China.
Industry analysts said the Sino-Indian air route is higly under-utilised with poor connections and frequencies. Currently, Air-India is the only domestic airline connecting to China, while China Eastern and Air China are operating with lower frequencies.
Jet Airways Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said, “Flight to San Francisco via Shanghai is likely to start in October 2007. We will be deploying widebodied aircraft in this potential route”.
Air Sahara has secured approval for Sino-Indian operations. The airline will connect Delhi with Guangzhou.
Aviation industry analysts said more Indian companies are setting shops in China and vice versa.
15/12/06 P R Sanjai/Business Standard

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