Pursuits
Billionaire’s Airline Adds China Links on Trade: Corporate India
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SpiceJet Ltd., the discount carrier controlled by billionaire Kalanithi Maran, will add flights to mainland China as trade expands between India and the world’s second-biggest economy amid intensifying competition at home.
The carrier, which flies four times a week to Guangzhou in China, plans to fly to three more destinations there this year as it taps business and leisure travelers from both countries, Chief Executive Officer Neil Mills said in an April 23 telephone interview. State-owned Air India is the only other local carrier that offers direct services connecting the combined 2.5 billion people in China’s mainland and India.