American Airlines eyes Mumbai; prepares to compete with Tata-backed Air India
Re-entering India’s sky after a gap of nearly 10 years, the Texas-based American Airlines is looking to connect more destinations, especially Mumbai to the US, via non-stop services.
Besides, the airline sees the sector gaining more capacity as competition heats-up, notably from the Tata Group-backed Air India.
This week, American Airlines launched a new non-stop flight between New York to New Delhi on a Boeing 777-300 aircraft.
In a conversation with IANS, Tom Lattig, Managing Director, EMEA, Sales at American Airlines said the airline has seen healthy demand from ‘visiting friends and relatives’ (VFR) in this sector.
