Having an Indian codeshare partner is the leverage that Emirates needs to counter the competition from the codeshare partnership of Qatar Airways, American Airlines, Air France-KLM and IndiGo, as the influx of Indian Diaspora traffic from America and Europe feeds the demand for cheap flight tickets to India
Emirates has flying rights to India for maximum 66000 seats a week under the bilateral agreement between Dubai and India. The airline has long been seeking additional 50000 seats to and from India for expanding its weekly operations to tier 2 cities, such as Jaipur, Lucknow, Goa, Rajkot, Madurai, and Pune. But the government of India seems to restrict foreign carriers’ direct access beyond their current destinations in the country.
That’s why Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, American Airlines, Air France-KLM, and Qantas Airways are in codeshare partnership with IndiGo, India’s biggest airline in terms of domestic market share. Likewise, the codeshare partners – Emirates and United Airlines – are looking to codeshare with a full-service premium airline like Air India for their service expansion in India. Emirates Airlines’ first and only codeshare agreement with SpiceJet, a low-cost Indian carrier, did not work for several reasons.
Once the fleet is upgraded, the service is improved, and the network is expanded, Air India will be an unbeatable competitor on the routes that Emirates does also cater to
Having an Indian codeshare partner is the leverage that Emirates needs to counter the competition from the codeshare partnership of Qatar Airways, American Airlines, Air France-KLM and IndiGo, as the influx of Indian Diaspora traffic from America and Europe feeds the demand for cheap flight tickets to India. Once the fleet is upgraded, the service is improved, and the network is expanded, Air India will be an unbeatable competitor on the routes that Emirates does also cater to.
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