With hub in Delhi, A-I eyes sharp rise in flights

New Delhi: National Aviation Company of India Ltd, or Nacil, the mother company of state-owned air carrier Air India, plans to nearly double the number of international flights from New Delhi as it moves its operational hub from Mumbai to the national capital.
n about three years, the number of Air India’s international flights from New Delhi is likely to jump to 190 a week, from 112 now. The number of domestic flights, too, will rise sharply, from 434 to 657. These plans are, however, subject to induction of new planes.
Once the hub is shifted, Nacil will account for 25 per cent of the passengers handled by Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) at its various terminals. It would, according to people privy to the plans, account for a similar percentage of the airport company’s revenues.
As part of the plan, which is being finalised, the Delhi airport will handle than 11.66 million passengers for Nacil in 2013-14, up from 4.54 million a year now. By that time, DIAL is expected to handle 34 million passengers annually, up from 28 million now.
The shift of the operational hub is part of a government plan to convert New Delhi into an international aviation hub, on the lines of Dubai and Singapore. This requires at least one anchor airline.
21/10/10 Surajeet Das Gupta/Business Standard

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