“Today my hubs are in either the eastern border of my country or the western border of my country. With the scale that I have, I must create a hub within India.”
— Jyotiraditya Scindia, India’s Minister of Civil Aviation
Airlines like Emirates and Etihad from UAE want to increase services to India, as demand from India makes up a large portion of the Dubai-based carriers’ passenger base. India and the UAE have a bilateral agreement, which caps the number of seats that airlines from the UAE (like Emirates and Etihad) can operate to India.
More specifically, the cap applies to each emirate, so there’s a separate allocation for Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, etc., reported onemileatatime.com.
India’s Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia said that he was not looking to increase passenger quotas with Gulf states, but rather wants that Indian airlines increase their international services.
“Earlier, airports and airplanes would only go to those cities that presented a great economic growth story to make the rationale for that investment. Today, it is airports and airlines that are determining economic growth. That whole paradigm has changed.”
– — Jyotiraditya Scindia
Now that Air India has placed one of the largest aircraft orders in history, Scindia sees this as the ideal opportunity for India to recapture international passenger demand.
Scindia said: “Today my hubs are in either the eastern border of my country or the western border of my country. With the scale that I have, I must create a hub within India.”
He also pointed out: “Earlier, airports and airplanes would only go to those cities that presented a great economic growth story to make the rationale for that investment. Today, it is airports and airlines that are determining economic growth. That whole paradigm has changed.”
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