Air India to launch daily Ahmedabad-Frankfurt flight

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October 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Air India has announced the launch of a daily Washington-New York-Delhi-Kolkata flight from Dec 1 putting the US capital on its map. The daily flight would have stops in New York and New Delhi before flying on to Kolkata, saving several hours for passengers travelling from Washington.

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India flights took off for various destinations as per schedule here on Thursday, a day after its executive pilots called off their strike. According to an airlines official, flight operations have returned to normal and 18 morning flights have taken off as per schedule.

August 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Jet Airways will launch a New Delhi-Hong Kong daily service from Sep 30, a top airline official announced here Monday. "The return Hong Kong-New Delhi flight would be launched Oct 1 to mark China's national day," said Jet chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.

August 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Private carrier Jet Airways will launch a daily flight on the Hyderabad-Dubai sector from Aug 16, a senior official said here Thursday. The new flight using Boeing 737-800 aircraft will be Jet Airways' first international service from Hyderabad and its second daily service to Dubai from South India.

July 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - Private carrier Jet Airways will launch flight from Mumbai to Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh from Aug 6, the airline said Wednesday. The airline will launch four services a week on the Mumbai-Riyadh sector - on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Jet said in a statement.

July 21st, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Private carrier Jet Airways will launch daily services on the Kochi-Sharjah route from Sep 1, the airline said Tuesday. This will be Jet's fourth daily flight to the Gulf from Kochi, the airline said in a statement.

March 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National carrier Air India Sunday launched its daily Delhi-Chicago flight via Frankfurt, the airline's official said. The flight took off around 1.50 a.m.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National carrier Air India will introduce a daily Delhi-Chicago flight via Frankfurt from March 29, the airline said Friday. The launch of the flight follows the airline's decision to make Frankfurt the hub for operations to Europe and the US, its initiative towards strengthening its global network and restructuring its operations to these continents.

March 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Air India will introduce a daily Hyderabad-Chicago flight via Delhi and Frankfurt March 29, an official said here Friday. Air India deputy general manager (commercial) Ashok Kumar told reporters here that the flight will depart from Hyderabad at 9 p.m.

March 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - India's leading private air carrier Jet Airways Thursday announced that it will launch direct daily flights from Mumbai to Kuwait from March 29. This will be the airline's second daily service to Kuwait from India.

March 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India has made Frankfurt its hub for operations to Europe and the US and has rescheduled flights to these destinations from the next season to offer its passengers better connectivity and reach. 'We are restructuring our West-bound operations from March 29.

January 21st, 2009 AHMEDABAD - People of Ahmedabad as well as tourists would be able to enjoy a boat ride on the Sabarmati river from next year, as a firm plans to invest Rs.7.5 million (Rs.75 lakh) to start the service. Akshar Travels Pvt Ltd, an Ahmedabad-based travel firm, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to introduce river cruises and to develop tourism infrastructure along the river.

January 18th, 2009 DUBAI - India's national carrier Air India will increase the frequency of flights from Bahrain to Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram from once a week to thrice a week effective Jan 23. The airline, which currently makes one flight between that Gulf country and Thiruvananthapuram every Tuesday, will operate two more flights every Friday and Saturday, the Gulf Daily News reported.

January 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines will launch its daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight from Monday. 'We will launch our first flight from Mumbai to London tomorrow (Monday),' a Kingfisher spokesperson said Sunday.