Delta Air to start direct India flights, has signed pact with Vistara
Delta Air Lines, which is starting direct flights to India after a decade this Christmas eve, has signed an interline agreement with Vistara and is open to looking at other commercial agreements, a senior executive said. The flight to India “fills the last remaining hole in our worldwide network,” Jimmy Eichelgruen, Delta director, sales for India, Africa and the middle east, said. He added that 1.3m people travel between the US and India (one way) every year. Air India and United Airlines are the only two other carriers offering direct flights between India and US. Delta’s resumption of direct flights to India was made possible after an agreement last year between the US govt and UAE and Qatar to address American carriers’ concerns of Gulf carriers getting illegal subsidies from their govt. <br/>
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Delta Air to start direct India flights, has signed pact with Vistara
Delta Air Lines, which is starting direct flights to India after a decade this Christmas eve, has signed an interline agreement with Vistara and is open to looking at other commercial agreements, a senior executive said. The flight to India “fills the last remaining hole in our worldwide network,” Jimmy Eichelgruen, Delta director, sales for India, Africa and the middle east, said. He added that 1.3m people travel between the US and India (one way) every year. Air India and United Airlines are the only two other carriers offering direct flights between India and US. Delta’s resumption of direct flights to India was made possible after an agreement last year between the US govt and UAE and Qatar to address American carriers’ concerns of Gulf carriers getting illegal subsidies from their govt. <br/>
