India resists UAE’s calls for more air access, wants domestic carriers to fly long haul
NEW DELHI: India is not looking at increasing air traffic rights for the United Arab Emirates, despite calls by Gulf carriers, and wants its domestic airlines to offer non-stop long haul flights, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Tuesday.
The UAE has urged India to increase the maximum number of seats between the two countries by 50,000 a week from about 65,000 a week today, but “at this point we’re not looking at increasing it”, Jyotiraditya Scindia said in an interview to Reuters.
India is one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets where demand for air travel is outstripping the supply of planes.
