Luftansa board yet to approve Kolkata flight

Kolkata, Mar 8 (UNI) German airlines company Luftansa's is yet to approve flight operations to Kolkata, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) Guenter Wehrmann said today.

The airlines company is however happy with the market potential in the region, Mr Wehrmann told reporters on the sidelines of a CII sponsored seminar yesterday.

The actual problem for Luftansa's connectivity with Kolkata is the non-availability of aircraft, he said.

Luftansa's board is scheduled to meet this month to take a decision on the issue, the Consul General said.

Speaking about Indo-German business, he said Germany's imports to India stood at around Rs 17,000 crore and is growing at the rate of 16 per cent, while the country's exports to India stood at 4,200 million Euros and growing at the rate of 37.7 per cent.

He hoped both the countries could explore business opportunities in packaging materials for food processing sector, auto components, business process outsourcing and tourism.

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