Not increasing UAE flight rights: Scindia
NEW DELHI: India is not looking at increasing air traffic rights for the UAE, despite calls by Gulf carriers, and wants its domestic airlines to offer non-stop long haul flights, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in an interview 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, but Scindia said, “at this point we’re not looking at increasing it”.
India is one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets where demand for air travel is outstripping the supply of planes. But the bulk of India’s international air traffic is currently carried by Gulf airlines such as Emirates and Qatar Airways, powered by efficient hubs like Dubai and Doha.
