Flights to India from Birmingham Airport

Passengers using Birmingham Airport will be able to get a taste of the Orient after Bilga Air announced it will be introducing new flights between the hub and India, according to reports.

The airline will fly to the city of Amritsar in the north of the country twice a week beginning on October 9th.

Jerry Blackett, chief executive of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry, explained that the new route will help service one of the city's most prominent business communities.

He told the Birmingham Post: "I am not surprised really as it seems to me that the business communities that fly from Birmingham to India were there and it was only a matter of time before another airline came forward.

"Our greatest cultural asset is the Asian business community."

Birmingham Airport recently announced that August was its busiest month since it began operations in 1939.

This is the hub's sixth consecutive record breaking month, following growth in traffic throughout the five preceding months of the year.

Posted by Graham Greenaway on the 17/09/2008 16:36:29
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