Air Sahara in talks with Chinese airlines

Air Sahara is talking to China-based airlines for a relationship aimed at growing operations out of the region.

Air Sahara announced a flight connecting Delhi and Guangzhou in China yesterday - the first private Indian carrier to fly to China.

Alok Sharma, president of Air Sahara, said the carrier had met some Chinese airlines and was looking at forging a relationship with them.
"Competition in future would come from Chinese airlines," Sharma said.

Air Sahara would also explore the possibility of having a connecting flight from Kolkata to China in the future.

The Sahara group airlines was ramping up international operations, Sharma said adding the ratio between domestic and international operations was 90:10 and would be changed to 70:30.

Air Sahara is planning to use its second largest hub, Kolkata, as a gateway for China and South East Asia. Sharma clarified that was still a year away.