Airlines cash in on soaring demand in India-US sector

The airspace between India and the United States is set to get more crowded in the coming months, providing travellers with greater choice, shorter travel time to their destinations and, hopefully, lower fares.

In less than two months US airline Continental will expand its services to India by starting a four-times-a-week non-stop flight from Newark to Mumbai. “From October 2 the flight will be four times a week but will become a daily flight from October 28,” the airline’s Senior Country Director, Mr Laurent Recoura, said. At present, Continental, the first airline from either side to launch a non-stop flight between America and India, operates a daily New York-Delhi flight.

Similarly, Air India, the only Indian airline to offer a daily non-stop Mumbai-New York flight, is to start another daily flight between Delhi and New York from January 7 next year.