"Qantas has applied for rights to fly non-stop between Australia and Mumbai from September.
It has also applied for the rights to fly into Shanghai in China, a service it expects to begin operating by the end of this year.
Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti said the Mumbai services would operate three times a week from September 1, 2004 on two-class Boeing 747-300 aircraft.
“These new services will for the first time operate non-stop to Mumbai, leaving Sydney on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays and landing in Mumbai 11 and a half hours later,” he said.
“India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and the burgeoning trade relationship between Australia and India has increased demand for business travel between our two countries.
“In total, inbound passenger numbers from India to Australia are on the rise.”
Borghetti said the new services showed Qantas’ international operations were recovering from the impacts of the Iraq war and SARS.
“While we have been adding capacity to routes we currently serve through more flights and larger aircraft, Qantas is particularly pleased to be able to add new destinations to the Qantas network and provide more opportunities for tourists to come to Australia,” he said."
Would you go to India for a holiday - is it one of the safer Asian countries, given the Chicken Virus in Thailand and other parts of SE Asia?
It has also applied for the rights to fly into Shanghai in China, a service it expects to begin operating by the end of this year.
Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti said the Mumbai services would operate three times a week from September 1, 2004 on two-class Boeing 747-300 aircraft.
“These new services will for the first time operate non-stop to Mumbai, leaving Sydney on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays and landing in Mumbai 11 and a half hours later,” he said.
“India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and the burgeoning trade relationship between Australia and India has increased demand for business travel between our two countries.
“In total, inbound passenger numbers from India to Australia are on the rise.”
Borghetti said the new services showed Qantas’ international operations were recovering from the impacts of the Iraq war and SARS.
“While we have been adding capacity to routes we currently serve through more flights and larger aircraft, Qantas is particularly pleased to be able to add new destinations to the Qantas network and provide more opportunities for tourists to come to Australia,” he said."
Would you go to India for a holiday - is it one of the safer Asian countries, given the Chicken Virus in Thailand and other parts of SE Asia?
) It is a great place the only things you have to get used to are the constant staring ( in an adoring way not a serial killer way) 
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