Emirates Airline positive on India amid sectoral uncertainty

The Dubai-based Emirates Airline is positive on its growth in India over the next few years, Essa Sulaiman Ahmad, vice president (India and Nepal), Emitates Airline told FE. “With the direction that the government is taking with Vision 2040, we are very optimistic on India. We are focused on organic growth over the next few years,” Sulaiman said at the sidelines of a media gathering.

He added that fuel costs however, remain a challenge for the aviation industry.

The airline will start receiving deliveries of 12 Airbus A380s over the next few months. Emirates plans to soon increase its international long-haul flights and add several short flights in routes including Dubai-Muscat and Dubai-Kuwait, Sulaiman said. “Airbus A380s have worked out well for us, in Mumbai and elsewhere,” Suleiman said.