Jet Airways, which has been in advanced talks to join the global airlines' grouping Star Alliance, is also holding discussions with the competing alliance SkyTeam.
"We are in talks both with Star Alliance and Sky Team. Let us see what materialises. That is all I can tell you at this point of time," Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal told PTI.
Jet Airways was earlier in an advanced stage of joining Star Alliance along with Air India, whose induction into the airlines' grouping was put off primarily due to its precarious financial health.
While Star Alliance includes Air
Canada, Air China, ANA, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines and operates 20,500
daily flights to 1,200 airports, SkyTeam has Aeroflot, Air France, China
Eastern, Delta Airlines and KLM among others, and operates 14,700 daily flights
to 958 destinations.
In an interaction on the sidelines
of the 68th Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport
Association in Beijing, Goyal said Jet was also considering expanding its
international operations to destinations that were "economically
viable".
"We want to go to a few places
in Europe and we are looking at those destinations which will make money, like
Paris, Munich and Frankfurt to name a few," he said.
Currently, the airline operates
flights to Brussels, Milan and London in Europe. It has, however, decided to
stop its flights to New York (JFK) from September 10, though it would continue
operations to Newark.
Goyal also said the tax rates in
India were between 200- 300 per cent higher than those in China and some other
countries and the Indian aviation industry could not grow with such taxation.
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