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Emirates to Operate 12 flights from Kolkata

  •   Mon, Nov 16 2009 05:16:01 PM

Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) Dubai-based Emirates Airline is all set to increase its weekly flights to 12 from the city from Dec 3, a company official said here Monday.

"We operate seven flights weekly currently, up from six when we started three years back," said the carrier's eastern India sales manager Geetika Seth.

"Now we will have two flights daily except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, when we will have one flight a day," Seth told reporters at a press meet.

Asked about the company's plans for the region at a time when many international airlines have withdrawn flights because of falling occupancy rates, she replied her company was "trying to take advantage of the current opportunity".

According to her, many Emirates flyers use Dubai as a stopover destination on way to cities such as London, Zurich, Johannesburg and Cape Town.

As a result, Seth said, the carrier had an 80 percent daily occupancy on an average.

 
  

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  • Prashant, Mumbai - Dubai

    Tue, Nov 17 2009

    Geetika Seth right international airlines have withdrawn flights because of falling occupancy rates,but why INDIAN GOVT still hold monopoly over indian aviation rules and regulation why Spicejet started in 2005 and has 19 aircraft but can't fly abroad. Nor can Indigo which started in 2006, has a fleet of 22, and holds the best on-time record among Indian aviation companies.

    It's the same story for Paramount and Go, both four-year old airlines. Never mind that they fly longer routes within India than many overseas routes the Delhi to Trivandrum route, for instance, is longer than Mumbai to Dubai but they can't still fly overseas.if international airlines are not willing to fly from Kolkata give this HOME GROWN AIRLIES to FLY

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