Air India powers up international network, as Sydney airport sees China growth
Air India is using the arrival of new aircraft to strengthen its network, while Sydney airport has seen Chinese carriers mount a strong return this year. Air India will add over 400 weekly flights on both its domestic and international networks under its new winter schedule that runs until March 2024. It also launching four international routes: Bengaluru-Singapore, Kochi-Doha, Kolkata-Bangkok, and Mumbai-Melbourne. The airline is also adding frequencies on several international services to Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia. The growth is enabled by the arrival of 30 new aircraft in the coming months: 20 Airbus A320neos, six A350s, and four Boeing 777-300ERs. “While modernising our fleet and introducing new products and services is a top priority in Air India’s ongoing transformation journey, we are equally focused on densifying and expanding our route network to capture the rapidly growing demand in the market,” says CE Campbell Wilson. In addition, Air India has a new interline partnership with Alaska Airlines, allowing passengers to connect to Alaska Airlines’ flights at six North American destinations, offering onward travel to 32 cities on the US carrier’s network. Meanwhile, Scoot commenced daily flights to Chennai on 5 November with A320 aircraft, giving the Singaporean low-cost carrier its sixth Indian destination. Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet has also added to its Indian network, launching a three-times-weekly Ho Chi Minh City- Tiruchirappalli service on 2 November. Tiruchirappalli is the carrier’s fifth Indian destination after Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kochi, and Mumbai. Malaysia’s AirAsia X will commence a three-times-weekly service on the Gold Coast-Auckland route from 3 February, replacing its existing Sydney-Auckland service, which will cease on 31 January. The A330 operator has flown the Kuala Lumpur-Gold Coast route since its inception 16 years ago. “These decisions are made with thorough review and careful consideration of all relevant information,” says AirAsia X CE Benyamin Ismail. “Our network will continue to evolve based on a number of factors but primarily based on consumer demand.”<br/>
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Air India powers up international network, as Sydney airport sees China growth
Air India is using the arrival of new aircraft to strengthen its network, while Sydney airport has seen Chinese carriers mount a strong return this year. Air India will add over 400 weekly flights on both its domestic and international networks under its new winter schedule that runs until March 2024. It also launching four international routes: Bengaluru-Singapore, Kochi-Doha, Kolkata-Bangkok, and Mumbai-Melbourne. The airline is also adding frequencies on several international services to Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia. The growth is enabled by the arrival of 30 new aircraft in the coming months: 20 Airbus A320neos, six A350s, and four Boeing 777-300ERs. “While modernising our fleet and introducing new products and services is a top priority in Air India’s ongoing transformation journey, we are equally focused on densifying and expanding our route network to capture the rapidly growing demand in the market,” says CE Campbell Wilson. In addition, Air India has a new interline partnership with Alaska Airlines, allowing passengers to connect to Alaska Airlines’ flights at six North American destinations, offering onward travel to 32 cities on the US carrier’s network. Meanwhile, Scoot commenced daily flights to Chennai on 5 November with A320 aircraft, giving the Singaporean low-cost carrier its sixth Indian destination. Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet has also added to its Indian network, launching a three-times-weekly Ho Chi Minh City- Tiruchirappalli service on 2 November. Tiruchirappalli is the carrier’s fifth Indian destination after Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kochi, and Mumbai. Malaysia’s AirAsia X will commence a three-times-weekly service on the Gold Coast-Auckland route from 3 February, replacing its existing Sydney-Auckland service, which will cease on 31 January. The A330 operator has flown the Kuala Lumpur-Gold Coast route since its inception 16 years ago. “These decisions are made with thorough review and careful consideration of all relevant information,” says AirAsia X CE Benyamin Ismail. “Our network will continue to evolve based on a number of factors but primarily based on consumer demand.”<br/>
