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Virgin Atlantic's plans for India

Virgin Atlantic Airways is keen on more destinations in India following the launch of its flights from London to Delhi and Mumbai, the airline chairman Richard Branson said Thursday. "Virgin Atlantic has long wanted to expand its services to India and so we are all delighted that this has now been made possible and to have finally landed in Mumbai," Branson told reporters after the inaugural flight touched down here.

He hoped that talks between the Indian and British governments would yield more flight frequencies between the two destinations and that Virgin Atlantic would be able to triple daily services to India.Branson said he would love to fly his airlines to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Amritsar.

He added that he favoured the open skies policy, which he said would benefit Indian carriers as well as British carriers flying to India. Virgin Atlantic began operations to India in July 2000 with two services a week. In February 2005, it started operating daily services between London and New Delhi. Additionally, it will have three flights a week between London and Mumbai.
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