Promoting Abu Dhabi, at the cost of Delhi

Abu Dhabi has sought to increase its airline capacity (called bilateral traffic rights) with India from 13,000 seats a week to 25,000 seats. Indian carriers want it to be raised to 55,000 seats; out of this, Naresh Goyal's Jet Airways alone has demanded 42,000 seats. If the civil aviation ministry agrees, several smaller Indian cities will get linked to Abu Dhabi. This will be bad news for the newly modernised airports in Delhi and Mumbai. People from other cities will have the option to fly to Abu Dhabi and thence to Europe, North America and Africa.

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