Melbourne, June 22: Air India today announced the launch of daily international flights from Melbourne to Delhi from first November this year.
The new service was announced after AI Chief Arvind Jadhav signed a deal with Victorian Premier, John Brumby.
“AI’s decision to make Melbourne the destination for its first direct international flight to Australia shows it was recognising Victoria as Australia’s premier destination for Indian tourists and businesses”, Brumby said.
Air India has also decided to establish their regional headquarters in Melbourne. John Brumby said this will create upto 78 jobs and see upto 123,000 new tourist and business arrivals from India to the state each year.
“With growing Indian community living in Victoria we are also seeing more relatives and friends visit the state, which is great for local jobs and the economy as tourism grows”, he added.
–Agencies