Air China India flights from October

Four flights a week to New Delhi and Mumbai from Beijing

BY A CORRESPONDENT
March 27, 2006
Air China, China's flag carrier airline, is to launch flights to New Delhi and Mumbai from Beijing from October this year. China's biggest airline is to operate four flights per week using Boeing 767 airplanes.

The airline, which had sought a $750 million loan to finance the purchase of 14 aircraft, is mulling flying some of its to-be acquired planes to Indian destinations.

Currently, China Eastern Airlines and Air India operate passenger flights between the two countries.

Air China had recorded a 12 per cent year-on-year rise in passenger traffic in February this year, down from an 18 per cent expansion in January.