Dubai poses a serious threat to Indian airports and airlines

Mumbai: The emergence of Dubai as a hub for the global aviation industry will pose a serious threat to Indian airports and airlines, which are struggling with underdeveloped infrastructure and lack of incentives to attract international airlines to use the nation’s airports.
“Dubai is emerging as an aviation hub as a result of clear strategy to create an inclusive and comprehensive growth for aviation industry,” said Kapil Arora, partner (aviation practice) at consultant Ernst and Young. “Sadly, India is yet to have a comprehensive policy in creating such a development.”
Even as India harbours aspirations to emerge as an Asian aviation hub, neighbouring Dubai has become an international hub for airlines, carrying passengers from different parts of the world to that country for redistribution to other points and positioning it as a gateway to other West Asian countries, Arora said.
The aviation sector directly employs 58,000 people and contributes $6.2 billion to Dubai’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to a survey, released on Thursday by researcher Oxford Economics and Dubai-based Emirates airlines. West Asia is building bigger airports and airlines of that region are becoming larger, posing a serious challenge to India, said a senior executive from a private airline, who declined to be named.
03/06/11 P.R. Sanjai/Live Mint

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