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Air India to launch more flights to non-metro cities

With many non-metro cities demanding air connectivity, Air India is gearing itself to cash in on the opportunity by adding more aircraft to its fleet and introducing flights to these new destinations.

May 30, 2011 / 09:27 IST

With many non-metro cities demanding air connectivity, Air India is gearing itself to cash in on the opportunity by adding more aircraft to its fleet and introducing flights to these new destinations.


The national carrier is also considering introducing flights on the existing routes during non-peak hours connecting tier-II and tier-III cities with the metros.


"At present, about 42 cities -- with more than one million population -- want air connectivity from metro cities.


We are doing feasibility study about the possible load and ways to connect those towns," a senior Air India official told PTI.


We are getting requests from small towns like Bhagalpur in Bihar, Deogarh in Jharkhand, Agra and Gorkhapur in Uttar Pradesh to begin air services, the official said.

"But for this, we will have see if there is required infrastructure or not," he said.

first published: May 29, 2011 10:13 am

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