Kolkata International Airport

Vietjet introducing flights to a fourth destination in India

The Abu Dhabi-based carrier said it is responding to strong demand for air travel.

Virgin Atlantic passengers will eventually be able to connect to 16 Indian cities beyond Delhi and Mumbai.

The carrier is set to begin flights to Hindu pilgrimage destination Deoghar.

CEO Le Hong Ha also lays out plans for India at Routes Asia 2022.

The carrier’s flights to Bangkok and Phuket have been grounded since March 2020.

New rules, driven by omicron concerns, will limit weekly flights on the routes.

The carrier has been trying to start flights between the UK and India since 2016.

CEO Rono Dutta hopes India’s declining infection rates will spur a rebound in domestic travel demand.

The Indian carrier plans to add 66 new flights across its domestic network, including additional services on existing routes.

The two carriers are set to introduce more than 20 new routes in India over the coming months.

SpiceJet is restoring service to Pakyong Airport in India, which has been without any commercial routes since June 2019.

Gulf carrier aims to “gradually” resume services with the goal of operating 45% of its pre-COVID capacity by August.

Most of the new flights will commence on March 29.

This week: Qatar Airways is to resume service to Osaka; IndiGo to open second route to China; and SAS shifts Los Angeles from Stockholm to Copenhagen.

This week: IndiGo to launch the only India - Vietnam route; Delta Air Lines plans to resume service between Bogota and New York; and Ethiopian Airlines adds a third destination in India.

This week: Malaysian carrier Malindo Air adds its eighth destination in India; Sichuan Airlines plans Africa debut; and Royal Brunei Airlines to resume Japan services after two decades.

China is set to become the world’s largest aviation market within the next five years so it is unsurprising that the country’s airports are leading the way when it comes to annual passenger growth. Routesonline analyses the fastest-growing major airports in the world, with more than half of the top 20 in China alongside counterparts in Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

Airport Strategy & Marketing (ASM) provides expert insight into three recent stand-out new routes

The relocation of domestic operations to T2 is part of Jet Airways' strategic commitment to develop Indian airports as hubs, providing greater connectivity on its domestic and international networks. Jet Airways operates over 135 daily flights out of Mumbai to destinations in India and around the world.

Mauritius’ main international airport, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport won or came second in three award categories at the ASI Air Service Quality (ASQ) awards for 2014.

Emirates first launched flights between Dubai and Kolkata in March 2006 as its seventh destination in India with a split schedule offering greater connectivity via its hub. A daily operation with this split schedule was introduced from early 2008, while a dedicated daily flight on the ‘EK570’ and ‘EK571’ departures came online from December 2009.

The national airline of the United Arab Emirates has announced it is expanding both its Mumbai and Delhi services from next year.

UAE national carrier, Etihad Airways, has revealed plans to launch its first passenger flights to Algiers, Edinburgh, Entebbe, Hong Kong, Kolkata and Madrid in the first half of 2015, while Brisbane will get its first non-stop flights using the carrier's new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

The all new state-of-the- art T2 integrated terminal at Kolkata’s NITB (New Integrated Terminal Building) at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International