Emirates adds 5,900 new seats a week into India

Emirates is to add 18 new flights a week into India. The increased frequencies, starting July 1 in time for the holiday season, add an extra 5,900 seats a week, and mean Emirates will offer 132 flights a week to India, the highest of any international carrier in to the country.
The ramping up of services, in the face of rising fuel costs and cost-cutting in European and North American carriers, threatens a price war on routes between India and the Gulf routes. Emirates is not alone in adding new flights: Etihad currently has 28 flights a week into India, and will add Calicut and Channai in August. The UAE and Indian governments have nee discussing a new open skies policy between the two countries.
Air Arabia and Jazeera Airways, the region's two established low cost carriers, are also adding new routes, and will be joined by new operators. India's Jet Airways is reported to be launching its Jet-Lite brand into the Gulf, and Air-India Express plans new routes. Emirates, the elephant in the room, should have its own low-cost brand up and running within the year.
15/06/08 Kipp Report, United Arab Emirates

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2008