Paramount Airways extends network

With the induction of another jet taking the fleet strength to five, Chennai-based Paramount Airways will offer 48 daily flights, covering most of the important towns in the South. It will carry over 3,500 passengers.

Unveiling the expansion plans at a news conference here on Friday coinciding with the completion of one-year of operations, M. Thiagarajan, managing director, said the airline would introduce a fourth service between Hyderabad and Bangalore, a mid-day flight between Chennai and Coimbatore and an early morning flight from Chennai to Kochi from November 8.

Apart from linking Coimbatore and Hyderabad, the airline will introduce a new direct flight between Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram from November 18. The other new routes are: Hyderabad-Bangalore, Hyderabad-Vishakapatnam, Bangalore-Hyderabad, Coimbatore-Bangalore. Mr. Thiagarajan said the airlines would have 20 jets by 2009. Negotiations were in an advanced stage for inking agreements with several international airlines besides opening up ticketing offices in Singapore and other Southeast Asian points.

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