Paramount Airways expedites domestic expansion, ahead of international operations

Paramount Airways is rapidly expanding its domestic route network, with its sights set firmly on the North and East of India as opportunities in 1Q2009. The carrier expedited plans to develop Kolkata as its hub connection to the region, launching daily Chennai-Guwahati and Chennai-Agartala services via Kolkata as well as daily Chennai-Kolkata service on 27-Apr-2009. Frequency on the direct Chennai-Kolkata sector was increased to twice daily on 14-May-2009 due to high demand. [781 words]

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This report contains the following subheadings:

• Fleet expansion to follow
• To hire up to 280 pilots
• Traffic and load factor holding up
• Looks to technology to increase ancillary revenue

This report contains the following charts and tables:

• Paramount Airways domestic network (Frequency per week)
• Paramount Airways passenger numbers and passenger numbers growth (% year-on-year): May-2008 to Apr-2009
• Paramount Airways domestic market share: Apr-2006 to Apr-2009