Preparing to expand its international presence, Air India is looking at starting flights to the Scandinavian region. “After Madrid, we are actively looking at Scandinavian region to expand our international presence. We are mulling to launch either Copenhagen (Denmark) or Stockholm (Sweden) by the middle of 2017,” said Pankaj Srivastava, director – commercial, Air India.
Speaking at a function to mark the launch of the Madrid flight, he said the airline is also looking at flights to Hong Kong from Mumbai. However, the launch of such a service would depend on the availability of slots.
The national carrier also has plans to increase the frequency of its services to Melbourne and Sydney (Australia) to five flights per week as well as to Shanghai (China) to seven from five at present.
“As part of international operations expansion plans, we are also planning to connect India with Tel Aviv and Tanzania and Kenya in West Africa,” added Srivastava.
Earlier this year, Air India had launched Ahmedabad- London- Newark flight, apart from Delhi-Vienna services. On November 27, Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani said the airline had great expansion plans. Currently, Air India flies to 71 domestic and 42 international destinations.
(PTI)
