On January 16, Cathay Pacific announced it would soon launch a service to Chennai and significantly increase the number of its flights to India's capital and Mumbai.

In addition, its sister airline Dragonair would launch a daily flight between Hong Kong and Bangalore from May 1, using an Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

From early June, the airline would operate a total of 23 new flights, including enhancing its Delhi operations to double dailies and introducing four flights a week to Chennai.

The extra flights to Mumbai would also operate to Dubai, a Cathay spokesperson said.