Unfazed by India, Dubai Airports feels it retains competitive edge

Mumbai: Dubai airport faces no immediate challenge from Indian airports, and its expansion plans would enable it to retain competitive edge over other airports, the company managing the Gulf Emirate’s airport had said.
The assertion comes at a time when Indian government had announced plans to develop Delhi and Chennai as aviation hubs.
Dubai’s popularity among Indian travellers could be gauged from the fact that it served as a transit point for 2.68 million Indians in 2010-11, according to civil aviation ministry data. A total of 37 million Indians flew abroad that year, including 11.4 million who travelled via hubs abroad. Doha served as a transit point for 0.85 million Indians, and Frankfurt and Singapore catered to 0.77 million and 0.74 million transit passengers in same year, respectively.
21/07/12 Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard

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Categories: airports Jul 2012, Foreign Jul 2012