NEW DELHI: National carrier Air India will start its direct, non-stop, thrice-a-week flights from Delhi to Madrid on December 1.
Speaking at the inaugural launch of the Delhi-Madrid flight here on Wednesday, Pankaj Srivastava, director, commercial, Air India, said the airline has plans for expanding its operations to Europe.
"We would soon start either to Stockholm (Sweden) or Copenhagen (Denmark). We will take a call on that depending on the market and numbers," Srivastava said.
Air India has flights to eight other European cities such as Birmingham, Vienna, Rome, Paris, London, Milan, Frankfurt and Moscow.
Madrid is Air India's ninth destination in Europe.
Srivastava said the carrier intends to expand its operations in other regions as well. "We are exploring for a Hong Kong flight from Mumbai. But that is subject to availability of slots in Hong Kong," he added.
The carrier will also be raising the frequency of Sydney and Melbourne flights to daily. "We will increase Mumbai-Shanghai flights from five to daily," Srivastava said.
"We are soon flying to Kenya and Tanzania to explore African markets," he added.