Departures


FLYING AROUND... Below: India’s iconic Taj Mahal


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 India – Kolkata Formerly Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal has undergone impressive rejuvenation, and is now Eastern India’s principal business, commercial and financial hub. Air India departs London Heathrow daily for Kolkata, flying via Delhi. Emirates offers 12 flights a week from Dubai, and Lufthansa has three services a week out of Frankfurt.


 India – Mumbai Site of the Bollywood film and TV studios, the former Bombay generates five per cent of national GDP, 25 per cent of industrial output, 40 per cent of maritime trade, and 70 per cent of capital transactions. British Airways and Jet Airways both fly from Heathrow to Mumbai twice daily, with Air India operating a daily service. Gulf Air flies from Bahrain daily, Emirates five times a day out of Dubai, while Qatar Airways and Etihad depart daily from Doha and Abu Dhabi respectively. Air France has daily flights from Paris CDG, and Lufthansa serves Mumbai daily from Frankfurt, five times a week from Munich.


 Bangladesh – Dhaka Producing the world’s finest muslin, the capital of Bangladesh has traditionally dressed the nation, with almost one million workers employed in the textiles and clothing industries. The Bangladeshi


capital is also strong in the finance, banking, manufacturing and telecoms sectors. Biman Bangladesh flies from London Heathrow


to Dhaka five times a week. Emirates serves the city 17 times a week from Dubai, Qatar Airways twice-daily from Doha, Etihad offers ten flights a week from Abu Dhabi, and Gulf Air has three services a week from Bahrain.


 Nepal – Kathmandu Tourism is said to be the third religion in the capital of Nepal after Hinduism and Buddhism, with more than 500,000 worshippers visiting the spectacular Himalayan scenery every year. Flights to Kathmandu are via the Gulf: Etihad


has a daily service from Abu Dhabi and Qatar Airways flies three times a day from Doha. Alternatively, fly with Oman Air from Muscat or Pakistan International Airlines from Karachi.


 Sri Lanka – Colombo With the war against the Tamil Tigers ended over a year ago, Sri Lanka’s capital is focused on growing an economy underpinned by tourism, financial services and the chemicals industry. Sri Lankan Airlines departs Heathrow for Colombo 12 times a week. Emirates offers three flights a day from Dubai, Qatar Airways has a thrice-daily service from Doha, and Etihad flies four times a week from Abu Dhabi – or connect with Oman Air services in Muscat.


THE CARBON COST


THE table below shows the distance covered by a return flight between London and the destination, along with the approximate carbon emissions produced and the cost of offsetting it with The CarbonNeutral Company. See: www.carbonneutral.com for more information.


Middle East Manama Tel Aviv Amman


Kuwait City Beirut


Muscat Doha


Riyadh


Abu Dhabi/Dubai Damascus Sana


Indian Subcontinent Ahmadabad Bangalore Chennai Delhi


Kolkata Mumbai Dhaka


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Kathmandu Colombo


11,961km 1.08t 7,828km 0.71t 8,034km 0.72t 10,118km 0.91t 6,968km 0.63t 11,718km 1.06t 10,482km 0.95t 9,952km 0.90t 10,996km 0.99t 7,130km 0.64t 12,275km 1.11t


14,982km 1.35t 16,124km 1.45t 16,482km 1.49t 14,687km 1.32t 15,996km 1.44t 15,737km 1.42t 17,498km 1.58t 16,051km 1.45t 17,474km 1.58t


£10.80 £7.10 £7.20 £9.10 £6.30


£10.60 £9.50 £9.00 £9.90 £6.40


£11.10


£13.50 £14.50 £14.90 £13.20 £14.40 £14.20 £15.80 £14.50 £15.80


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