Air India, SpiceJet eye Jet Airways’ lucrative Dubai route
New Delhi: With Jet AirwaysNSE -3.48 % suspending its international flights in the face of deep financial crisis and staring at closure, rivals Air India and SpiceJet are eyeing the beleaguered carrier’s flying rights to the lucrative India-Dubai route.
The two airlines are learnt to have urged the Civil Aviation Ministry to allocate traffic rights to them, in case Jet Airways fails to utilize the weekly seat quota granted by the government.
Talking to IANS, a senior Air India executive said that fares on the India-Dubai route had soared following sudden withdrawal of nearly 13,000 seats operated by Jet Airways on the sector.
