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Oct 26, 2016 (newstodate): Air India is considering plans for opening flights between India and Denmark from Spring 2017.
Long rumored, the information was provided by India's ambassador to Denmark, speaking to Danish tour operators and travel press on the occasion of a workshop in Copenhagen on October 23, 2016, with 12 Indian exhibitors.
-It is correct! We are informed that Air India is indeed working on plans for flights between Delhi and Copenhagen, but no further details are available at this moment as the issue is still under consideration, says Ahok Kumar Polur, Commercial and Marketing Officer at India's Embassy in Denmark.
According to other media, Air India also has flights to Stockholm as an option at a later stage.
Hopes for Air India to start flights to Copenhagen were fueled also on June 30, 2016, by comments by the Indian carrier's new chairman since August 2015, Ashwani Lohan, in an Indian press interview.
Mr Lohan revealed that plans were being drawn up to launch a Delhi-Madrid and a Delhi-Copenhagen service, with the introduction of Boeing 787 aircraft later this year.
In the fleet of Air India are now 21 Boeing 787 aircraft, two more will be delivered by the end of this year, and another four will follow by August 2018.
Today, no carrier offers direct flights between India and Denmark since SAS closed down its short-lived route from Copenhagen, Denmark, from March, 2009.
In a Nordic context, Finnair is alone in providing flights to India since November 2006, currently offering up to three weekly rotations between Helsinki and Delhi while going up to daily rotations during certain periods.
Long rumored, the information was provided by India's ambassador to Denmark, speaking to Danish tour operators and travel press on the occasion of a workshop in Copenhagen on October 23, 2016, with 12 Indian exhibitors.
-It is correct! We are informed that Air India is indeed working on plans for flights between Delhi and Copenhagen, but no further details are available at this moment as the issue is still under consideration, says Ahok Kumar Polur, Commercial and Marketing Officer at India's Embassy in Denmark.
According to other media, Air India also has flights to Stockholm as an option at a later stage.
Hopes for Air India to start flights to Copenhagen were fueled also on June 30, 2016, by comments by the Indian carrier's new chairman since August 2015, Ashwani Lohan, in an Indian press interview.
Mr Lohan revealed that plans were being drawn up to launch a Delhi-Madrid and a Delhi-Copenhagen service, with the introduction of Boeing 787 aircraft later this year.
In the fleet of Air India are now 21 Boeing 787 aircraft, two more will be delivered by the end of this year, and another four will follow by August 2018.
Today, no carrier offers direct flights between India and Denmark since SAS closed down its short-lived route from Copenhagen, Denmark, from March, 2009.
In a Nordic context, Finnair is alone in providing flights to India since November 2006, currently offering up to three weekly rotations between Helsinki and Delhi while going up to daily rotations during certain periods.