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are the oil and gas industries, shipbuilding, aerospace, computer software and machinery. From Heathrow, BA and Rossiya Airlines
serve St Petersburg daily. Air France provides two flights a day from Paris CDG, and KLM flies daily out of Schiphol. Lufthansa’s schedule comprises 44 operations a week, with flights departing from Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf and Hamburg.
Novosibirsk
Many of the head offices of numerous Russian companies call the biggest city in Siberia home. Its large industrial base covers the electricity, gas and water supply sectors, and mechanical engineering is another pillar of the economy. The only service from the UK to Novosibirsk
is Transaero’s thrice-daily schedule from Heathrow via Moscow.
Yekaterinburg
They try to forget the assassination in Yekaterinburg of Tsar Nicholas and his family during the Russian revolution of 1918. Instead, the emphasis is on taking part in Russia’s economic revival. As a major industrial centre, the city promotes the heavy machinery, metal processing and metallurgy sectors, along with scientific research. Transaero offers the only flights from the UK
to Yekaterinburg, flying thrice-daily from Heathrow via Moscow. Lufthansa operates six direct flights a week out of Frankfurt.
Nizhny Novogorod Some 400 kilometres east of Moscow on the Volga River, Nizhny has become one of the Russian Federation’s most important economic hubs. The city has 25 R&D institutions, the driving force behind a burgeoning IT industry. There are no direct flights from the UK to
Nizhny. The alternatives are to connect with one of Lufthansa’s five services a week from Frankfurt or join a domestic carrier in Moscow.
India Mumbai While it is probably best known in the west for Bollywood, the centre of the Hindi movie industry, Mumbai has many other strings to its sitar. With a natural harbour on India’s west coast, it accounts for 70 per cent of the country’s maritime trade, and is the financial
and commercial capital, with industries including engineering, healthcare and IT. BA and Jet Airways fly from Heathrow to
Mumbai twice daily, with Air India operating a daily service, and Virgin relaunching its daily service from Heathrow on October 28th. Lufthansa has a daily frequency from both
Frankfurt and Munich, while Air France flies six times weekly from Paris CDG. Emirates flies from Dubai five times a day, Qatar Airways daily from Doha, Etihad twice-daily from Abu Dhabi, and Oman Air daily from Muscat.
Delhi On the banks of the Yumana River, Delhi includes New Delhi, the seat of the Indian government. This has attracted a range of supporting service industries, among them IT and telecommunication companies and hotels, along with many media interests. From Heathrow, BA flies to Delhi twice-daily,
with Air India, Virgin Atlantic and Jet Airways providing daily services. Finnair and Air France both fly six times a week from their hubs, with KLM daily from Schiphol, and Lufthansa daily from both Frankfurt and Munich. Flights from the Gulf are with Gulf Air, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad and Oman Air.
Bangalore
Fast-growing Bangalore is a regional economic centre, its prosperity based on the software, aerospace and telecoms sectors.
India’s largest exporter of cutting-edge technology, it also has a strong heavy engineering tradition. BA flies daily from Heathrow to Bangalore.
Air France has six services a week from Paris CDG, and Lufthansa flies daily from Frankfurt. Emirates has three flights a day from Dubai, Qatar Airways a daily service out of Doha, and Oman Air flies six times a week from Muscat.
Kolkata
On the banks of the Hooghly River in north east India, Kolkata is a major centre for banking and finance, supplemented by the steel, mining, pharmaceuticals and electronics industries. Air India departs Heathrow daily for Kolkata,
flying via Delhi. Lufthansa flies three times a week from Frankfurt, Emirates 12 times a week from Dubai, and Qatar Airways daily from Doha.
Hyderabad
Noted for its high elevation and cool temperatures, Hyderabad was a favourite retreat in the days of the Raj and remains popular with tourists. It is a world leader in IT, and the development of HITEC City has encouraged a host of foreign companies to establish operations here. BA serves Hyderabad five times a week from
Heathrow. Otherwise, flights are from the Gulf, with Emirates departing Dubai three times daily, and Qatar Airways, Etihad and Oman Air all operating daily from their hubs.
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