Private jet traffic to India soars as business booms

New Delhi: Corporate honchos flying into India in their private jets are set to almost triple in the next couple of years as the country emerges as a top destination for fast growing business, says the world's leading executive in the general aviation business.
"Last year we handled close to 800 flights to India. Our projections are that there will be more than 2,000 flights in 2009. Certainly, India is the flavour and it will not be long before it overtakes China," says Greg Evans, CEO of the Houston-headquartered Universal Weather and Aviation, the world's leading private jet management company.
Evans said private and business jet traffic to India had been growing at a healthy 25-30 percent over the past three years and was set for an exponential increase.
"India is getting the attention of some of the senior most executives of various international corporations as business opportunities are opening up across a host of sectors," Evans, on a busy schedule here while meeting up with officials in the civil aviation ministry, told IANS in an interview.
02/02/07 IANS/Telugu Portal

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