Air India sets up global aviation hub at Frankfurt
Air India will make its first-ever international hub operational at Frankfurt this month-end, launching scissor operations to and from North America with a brand new fleet of Boeing aircraft.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: In a major initiative towards strengthening its global network, Air India will make its first-ever international hub operational at Frankfurt this month-end, launching scissor operations to and from North America with a brand new fleet of Boeing aircraft.
At Frankfurt, a passenger flying from Delhi to Newark will be quickly transferred to the Mumbai-Newark flight and a person travelling to Chicago from Mumbai would have to change the aircraft on the Delhi-Chicago route. It will take about 19 hours, including the changeover time at Frankfurt, for a passenger to reach the US cities from India.
���The Frankfurt hub will become operational on March 29, the beginning of the summer schedule, for some of Air India���s flights and will offer more convenient connections to a larger originating traffic,��� airline���s executive director Jitender Bhargava said. AI���s decision to have a global hub in Europe follows a similar hub being operated by Jet
At Frankfurt, a passenger flying from Delhi to Newark will be quickly transferred to the Mumbai-Newark flight and a person travelling to Chicago from Mumbai would have to change the aircraft on the Delhi-Chicago route. It will take about 19 hours, including the changeover time at Frankfurt, for a passenger to reach the US cities from India.
���The Frankfurt hub will become operational on March 29, the beginning of the summer schedule, for some of Air India���s flights and will offer more convenient connections to a larger originating traffic,��� airline���s executive director Jitender Bhargava said. AI���s decision to have a global hub in Europe follows a similar hub being operated by Jet
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