Air India, which is set to fly to Moscow from early next month, is exploring CIS destinations among the new places that it wants to expand its global operations to, an airline official said today.

The state-run airline is also in the process of connecting capital New Delhi with Milan and Rome by the first quarter of the next fiscal.

"Our Moscow service will commence operations from March 1. We are also examining other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) routes as part of our international network expansion plan," the highly-placed official told PTI here.

The airline has identified countries like Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan as the potential destinations, the official said, adding, "we are currently assessing the traffic potential on these routes."

The type of aircraft that would service these routes was also being studied, the official said.

Noting that Air India would continue focusing on providing an alternative mode, the official said, "In our assessment, people still prefer non-stop travel than one-stop connectivity."

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