FOCUS ON INDIA
FLIGHTS DELHI
From London Heathrow, British Airways and Air India fly direct to Delhi twice-daily, with Jet Airways and Virgin Atlantic also serving the Indian capital daily. Air India also flies from Birmingham four times a week. Continental departures include Lufthansa’s
daily flights from Frankfurt and Munich, the same frequency as KLM from Amsterdam Schiphol and Air France out of Paris Charles de Gaulle. Gulf Air flies from Bahrain ten times a week, and Oman Air and Qatar Airways double-daily from Muscat and Doha respectively. In addition, Emirates serves Delhi 12 times a day from Dubai, and Etihad has 21 departures a week out of Abu Dhabi.
MUMBAI
British Airways and Jet Airways serve Mumbai twice a day direct from Heathrow, with Air India and Virgin Atlantic offering daily services. Lufthansa flies daily from Frankfurt and Munich, the same frequency as Air France from Paris Charles De Gaulle. In total, Gulf Air, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad provide 95 flights a week to Mumbai from their bases in the Gulf. Emirates will upgrade its direct daily service
from its Dubai hub with the introduction of an Airbus A380 on July 21.
CHENNAI
British Airways offers the only direct flights from the UK to Chennai, flying six times a week from Heathrow. The only alternative from Europe is Lufthansa, which operates daily from Frankfurt. Gulf Air has ten services a week out of
Bahrain and Oman Air flies double-daily from Muscat. Daily services are offered from their bases by Qatar Airways and Etihad, while Emirates has six flights a day from Dubai.
BANGALORE’S LALBAGH BOTANICAL GARDENS HYDERABAD
British Airways provides the only direct flight from the UK to Hyderabad, flying daily from Heathrow. There are no other flights from Europe, but Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad offer a total of almost 80 services a week from their bases in the Gulf.
BANGALORE
British Airways is the only carrier flying direct from the UK to Bangalore, serving the city daily from Heathrow. Other flights from Europe include daily services by Lufthansa from Frankfurt, and by Air France from Paris CDG. From their Gulf bases, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad operate a total of 70 flights a week to Bangalore.
GETTING AROUND INDIA
After flying the 5,000 miles from the UK to India, frequent flyers can expect to put many more miles on the clock if they are seeking business in more than one destination.
Despite the demise of airlines such as Kingfisher and the costs incurred by rising oil prices, the choice of domestic airlines has expanded in recent years. This has been fuelled by a booming economy, the dereg- ulation of India’s aviation industry and the demands of a growing middle class. Six scheduled airlines provide connections
between the main centres, including Indian Airlines and Jet Airways, which offer a full service. They are supplemented by a growing number of budget carriers, among them JetKonnect, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir. In a volatile environment, local airlines are
facing yet more competition. The Indian authorities opened up the domestic market to foreign investment in 2012, and both budget carrier AirAsia India and full-service Tata-Singapore are planning to start operations on the subcontinent this summer. For shorter journeys, travel on the world’s
largest rail system is an option. Trains cover just about everywhere but can be crowded.
Selected flight information supplied by OAG, a market leader in aviation intelligence. For further information see
www.oag.com
THE CARBON COST: INDIA
The figures below show the distance covered by a return flight between London and the destination, along with the approxi- mate carbon emissions produced and the cost of offsetting it with The Carbon Neutral Company. See
www.carbonneutral.com for further information.
DELHI
MUMBAI CHENNAI
HYDERABAD BANGALORE
HYDERABAD’S CHARMINAR AND MARKET
14,687KM 15,737KM 17,966KM 16,915KM 17,555KM
1.28T 1.38T 1.57T 1.48T 1.53T
£12.80 £13.80 £15.70 £14.80 £15.30
68 THE BUSINESS TRAVEL MAGAZINE
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