Private Indian carriers may soon launch GCC flights

posted by   dorjee (83)   15 months ago (avindia.blogspot.com)

The lifting of a moratorium on certain Indian airlines from flying abroad could bring a flood of new carriers serving the Gulf.The government’s three-year policy of insulating the foreign routes of Air India and Indian Airlines from its domestic competitors ends in January 2008, according to Gaurang Shetty, vice-president of marketing at Jet Airways, one of India’s largest airlines.When that happens, Jet and Kingfisher Airlines will both launch routes to Dubai, Muscat, and other Gulf cities, according to executives from both companies. The new competition will be