Many reports including International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Center for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) analysis suggest that Indian, Chinese and Middle Eastern markets are emerging as the most lucrative ones. This is the reason that giant global operators are willing to set up their operations in these countries. Recently, the Malaysia-based low-cost carrier (LCC) – AirAsia – started operating in India. The Tata and Singapore Airlines (SIA) venture – Vistara – following the footsteps will soon commence its flights in the country. However, the Tata-SIA venture will add options in the full-service flights to Mysore, Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and other destinations, unlike AirAsia, which is sticking to low cost services. Similarly, Lufthansa – one of the leading airlines of the world – is planning to launch a LCC, named as Wings, for long-haul journeys. Currently, this carrier operates hundreds of flights everyday with a fleet size of over 270 aircraft.
It is considering India as a crucial market because of the huge demands and cooperative policies laid down by the government of the country. The airline may execute the plan by 2016 that includes purchase of three A330 aircraft models from Airbus. People, who are willing to explore the land of diversity, can book international flights to Hyderabad or Kolkata at lowest air fare. The European base can be in Switzerland, Germany or Austria, and from there German Wings may carry passengers to other places. The director of the company said that they are not planning to connect Wings to major airports like Munich or Frankfurt. The airline planned to start operations in India this winter, but postponed it to the next winter due to infrastructure constraint and lack of availability of desired slot at the airport. The authorities are planning to add a new stand for A380s by summers, 2016.
This project has been announced by Lufthansa a few days back and includes A330s in picture with a three class configuration. It may have more than 300 seats; eight, 48 and 161 seats from First, Business and Economy Classes, respectively. To offer seats at economic fares, the Dutch-based airline is planning to have a low cost base distributed among a large number of passengers. It currently operates an A380 on Delhi-Frankfurt route and may soon deploy another model on the Mumbai route.
It is considering India as a crucial market because of the huge demands and cooperative policies laid down by the government of the country. The airline may execute the plan by 2016 that includes purchase of three A330 aircraft models from Airbus. People, who are willing to explore the land of diversity, can book international flights to Hyderabad or Kolkata at lowest air fare. The European base can be in Switzerland, Germany or Austria, and from there German Wings may carry passengers to other places. The director of the company said that they are not planning to connect Wings to major airports like Munich or Frankfurt. The airline planned to start operations in India this winter, but postponed it to the next winter due to infrastructure constraint and lack of availability of desired slot at the airport. The authorities are planning to add a new stand for A380s by summers, 2016.
This project has been announced by Lufthansa a few days back and includes A330s in picture with a three class configuration. It may have more than 300 seats; eight, 48 and 161 seats from First, Business and Economy Classes, respectively. To offer seats at economic fares, the Dutch-based airline is planning to have a low cost base distributed among a large number of passengers. It currently operates an A380 on Delhi-Frankfurt route and may soon deploy another model on the Mumbai route.
