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Air-India Express to Southeast Asia soon
Air-India's budget flights will soon operate to Southeast Asia, announced A-I's chairperson and managing director V. Thulasidas.
Published on: Apr 29, 2005, 16:24:00 IST
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Air-India's budget flights will soon operate to Southeast Asia. The airlines' chairperson and managing director V. Thulasidas made the announcement here Friday.
Speaking to reporters on the occasion of the launch of the Air-India Express from Kerala to Abu Dhabi, he said: "Right now we are operating these budget flights to the Middle East. Soon we will operate to Southeast Asia too.
"Another sector we are planning is domestic. For that, we will partner with Indian Airlines," he added.
He said the airlines' fleet strength would go up by 68 new aircraft, of which 18 would be meant for the Air-India Express.
"Once we get these aircraft, Air-India would become one of the world's best airlines."
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