Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Dec 03, 2002
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Airlines Lufthansa keen on more flights to Bangalore Our Bureau
NEW DELHI, Dec. 2 THE German airline, Lufthansa, has evinced interest in operating two more weekly flights from Germany to Bangalore under the limited open sky policy which the Government plans to introduce. "Lufthansa has approached AI for operating two more weekly flights to Bangalore for the limited period that the Government proposes to follow an open sky policy. Details of the flights are still to be worked out,'' official sources said. Earlier this year, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, had said that the Government would follow an open sky policy for four months from December to ensure that air passengers do not face a problem in getting an air seat for travel to and from India. During this period airlines from countries from which India attracts the maximum number of tourists will be allowed to either operate more flights or fly bigger aircraft on the route. However, the airlines will have to sign commercial agreements with AI before being allowed to utilise the options under the limited open sky policy. Meanwhile, AI is said to be seriously considering the option of operating flights on the India-Dubai-North Africa sector. Official sources said that AI already had the right to pick up passengers from Dubai for onward destinations in North Africa like Johannesburg, Nairobi, Cairo and Durban, among others. Already, the Dubai-based Emirates airlines, which offers flights to several cities in India including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad, is scheduled to start operations between Dubai-Kochi shortly. Sources added that A.T. Kearney which had been appointed as consultants for making AI and Indian Airlines (IA) world class airlines will also look at the eventual merger of the two airlines. "The basic work of the consultant is to look at several issues including the eventual merger of the two airlines. The idea is to make the exercise as painless as possible,'' sources said. The merger, if it happens, will take at least another two-three years, sources added.
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