India's JetSetGo to expand in smaller cities with private jets

Indian private aircraft provider JetSetGo is planning to offer more flights connecting smaller cities, as it seeks to cash in on growing demand for travel from a mushrooming class of wealthy individuals beyond the urban centres. India is the world's fastest-growing aviation market and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has been pushing to build more airports, but there is also heightened demand for private jets as the ultra wealthy spend more. Indian airport officials, for example, have been scrambling this week to provide parking space for private jets at many airports near the northern city of Ayodhya, where a grand Hindu temple is set to open. JetSetGo on Friday said it has partnered with makers of smaller jets - Horizon Aircraft, Electra.aero and Overair - to acquire 150 aircraft in a deal valued at $780m that will provide connectivity to smaller cities in India.<br/>