Budget airline seeks destinations in India and China
Singapore: Budget airline Jetstar Asia has announced cut-rate fares to its initial destinations of Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan and has also said that it was seeking rights to fly to India and seeking additional routes to China.

Jetstar's chief operating officer, Con Korfiatis, also said the airline would begin flying to Shanghai from January, and the carrier was hoping that Singapore's "very proactive" pursuit of trade deals with China and India would open up the possibility of new routes for Jetstar to those countries.

Korfiatis said the impending free trade deal between the city-state and New Delhi would likely result in new destinations such as Chennai and Bombay "sooner rather than later" for the budget carrier.

Jetstar Asia is the third low-cost airline to be launched this year out of Singapore after Valuair and Tiger Airways - backed by Singapore Airlines Ltd.
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