Start up US airline, Sapphire, plans flights to India
12 Jun 2007
Mumbai: US carrier Sapphire Airways plans to launch services to India from next year at competitive fares, which will be lower than those charged for direct flights.
The proposed carrier, which is yet to get its approval from the US Federal Aviation Authority, plans to start its services from San Francisco to Bangalore via Munich from June 2008, the company's chairman and founder, Rahul S. Puranik said here.
He said the plans also included the launch of a second flight on the Chicago-London-Mumbai sector at a later stage.
In India, the government, in partnership with domestic and international firms, is modernising ageing airports and building new ones to support the rapid growth in aviation.