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(2 May 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot exterior Brussels airport
2. Close up sign reading Brussels Airport - Welcome to Europe
3. Wide shot conference room
4. Medium shot signing of agreement by Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal (in the middle), Brussels Airport CEO Wilfried Van Assche (on the left) and Brussels Airlines CEO Philippe Vander Putten (on the right)
5. Close up signing ceremony tilt up to medium of the three chairmen and Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt shaking hands, audience applauding
6. Cutaway officials
7. Medium shot Jet Airways plane model, poster in the background reads 'Jet Airways Signing Ceremony'
8. SOUNDBITE (English): Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian Prime Minister
'I am very proud to be able to announce today, I think a great moment, for both Jet Airways and for Brussels Airport. As of today Brussels is the European hub for Jet Airways. With this move Brussels will become the gateway between the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa."
9. Wide shot Praful Patel, Minister of Civil Aviation of India getting up on stage
10. SOUNDBITE (English): Praful Patel, Minister of Civil Aviation of India
"I am extremely pleased that India's largest domestic airline, India's most preferred airline has now finally, truly become global."
11. Medium shot audience
12. Wide shot Jet Airways plane on tarmac
13. Goyal, Van Assche and Vander Putten walking into plane
14. Photo op with the three on board the plane
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Naresh Goyal, Chairman of Jet Airways India
"I think it's the best in the world (the plane). I don't think anybody could beat this."
16. Interior Jet Airways Boeing B777-300ER plane
17. Wide shot Jet Airways plane on tarmac, wing in foreground
STORYLINE:
India's largest private airline Jet Airways said on Wednesday that it would start direct flights to Brussels this summer, allowing the carrier compete with state-owned rival Air India on flights between India and Europe.
Jet Airways said the Belgian capital would be its European hub, linking up with Brussels Airlines to connect to other parts of Europe, North America and Africa.
Daily direct flights from Brussels to Mumbai and New York area's Newark airport would start Aug. 5, with another daily service from Brussels to Delhi and Toronto starting later in the year, the airline said.
It said it wanted to run up to 10 daily flights via Brussels to cities in India and North America.
It said it would also seek government approval to operate from Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Chennai to Los Angeles, Chicago and New York's JFK airport, via Brussels.
Only one other Indian airline, Air India, runs flights to Europe with routes to London, Birmingham, Paris and Frankfurt.
Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said the new flights would mean a million extra passengers a year for Brussels airport and a massive boost for Belgian trade with India.
Indians last year invested more than one (b) billion dollars in Belgium, making it the third largest location for Indian money.
These figures are boosted by the high-value trade in diamonds between the world trading centre in Antwerp and a growing market for cutting and selling diamonds in India.
Verhofstadt said Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal had told him that he wanted to offer transfer passengers a sightseeing tour of Brussels instead of letting them sit around waiting in the airport.
Rising middle-class incomes in India are expected to increase tourist numbers to Europe.
Jet Airways said it started on Wednesday to receive the first of 20 new Boeing and Airbus aircraft in Brussels..
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