Other airport hubs have beaten India

Mumbai: The Centre's decision to create two aviation hubs in the country may have come a little late in the day. A recently released government report admits that airports at Dubai, Doha, Singapore and Frankfurt have stolen a march on Indian airports when it comes to attracting transit passengers.
The report blames the country's loss on the government's own policies.
In many parts of the world, airports and airlines teamed up years ago to develop new-age hubs, where partner carriers stop over with travellers moving between destinations not served by direct flights. India, however, did not seize the opportunity. As a result of the lapse, several airport-airline "hubbing" teams benefited, including Dubai-Emirates, Frankfurt-Lufthansa, Changi-Singapore Airlines, Doha-Qatar Airways and Heathrow-British Airways.
Prepared by the ministry of civil aviation, the report quantifies India's loss in traffic numbers. Of the total international flyers handled by Mumbai in 2011 just 12% were transit passengers; Delhi was worse off at 9%. In comparison, Dubai's transit crowd made up 44% of its overall traffic, Doha airport's figure was 61%, and Singapore's 25%.
07/06/12 Manju V/Times of India

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Categories: airports Jun 2012