Air India to shift trans-Atlantic flight to European hub

Mumbai: Air India has indicated that it will discontinue connecting London to North America after it finalises its European hub.
The airline will be shifting these flights to the new hub and will also look at connecting a number of new trans-Atlantic destinations. The airline is currently in the process of evaluating three cities, Munich, Vienna and Frankfurt, to decide on its scissor hub in Europe.
P K Gupta, executive director, sales and marketing-passenger, Air India said, “In Europe, we are currently operating to London, Paris and Frankfurt. London will become a terminating flight. Paris and Frankfurt might be merged to fly into the new hub. In the US, we are looking at connecting Houston, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston and Washington DC after the hub is formalised.”
He said studies were on to examine the traffic patterns and the viability of connecting these destinations. He did not indicate the type of aircraft to be used or the timeline for these services.
14/05/08 Nirmal John/Daily News and Analysis

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