New Delhi: With the seating capacity in flights between India and Oman increasing by 40 per cent, the traffic between the two countries is expected to get a boost. The capacity addition will see weekly seats go up from 11,500 to 16,000. India has already exhausted 86 per cent of the seat capacity.
State-owned Air India and Jet airways are already flying to Muscat, Khasab and Salalah in Oman. According to aviation ministry sources, IndiGo Airlines has also elicited interest in flying to Oman. Oman Airways is operating from 10 destinations in India.
However, critics say that this reflects Oman Air’s focus on traffic beyond Oman and trying to follow the growth model of other Gulf carriers. The other gulf carriers except Gulf Air have focused on traffic beyond Europe and Africa.
16/12/12 Disha Kanwar/Business Standard
