AirAsia set to become most connected non-local airline in India.Byline: ANI Sepang (Malaysia), Nov. 21 (ANI): With the launching of three new flights to Kochi, Kolkata and Trivandrum, Malaysia-based low cost carrier AirAsia is set to become the most connected non-local airline in India. AirAsia is also planning flights to nine new destinations in India soon. "AirAsia is now operating in a market of 2.5 billion people and it is a nice position to be in," The Star quoted AirAsia CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Tony Fernandes Dato' Anthony Francis Fernandes (born 1964; also known as Tony Fernandes) is a Malaysian entrepreneur and the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., who introduced the first budget no-frills airline, AirAsia, to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly". , as saying. Fernandes said that flights to Kochi and Kolkata will operate daily, while there will be two flights to Trivandrum operating two or five times weekly. AirAsia also announced three more flights to Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad starting from April next year. The three cities would be connected to Kuala Lumpur, with an extra flight to Chennai from Penang. AirAsia would launch flights to Mumbai and Delhi by the end of the year. "About eight to 10 aircraft will service the routes once a day. The Indian middle class is growing fast. With our low fares, we can offer them a lot," Fernandes said, adding that AirAsia was also looking to fly to Delhi, Kolkata and Amritsar from Bangkok. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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