Mumbai: Low cost airline Air Arabia, which flies 112 weekly flights to 13 Indian cities from Sharjah, has urged the Centre to grant it more capacity so that it can fly to more cities here offering low fares to workers employed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“We would like to go to 13 more Indian cities, which do not have an international airport now. But, will eventually have one. But there are limitations. We want more capacity through bilateral reciprocity. Our airports in UAE are open to receive as many Indian carriers as India wants. But India should respond,” said Adel Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer and board member, Air Arabia.
“We have not grown in India since past five years because we have no more capacity granted to us. In fact, some capacity has been taken away. The cap on Air Arabia’s growth in India is no good for us but it is not good for the Indian public as well. We have seen people’s lives changing wherever we fly. Ten years ago when we flew to Nagpur, nobody was flying there. Now you see the change. We want to go to airports where nobody goes, but grant us capacity,” he added.
07/02/15 Lalatendu Mishra/The Hindu
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“We would like to go to 13 more Indian cities, which do not have an international airport now. But, will eventually have one. But there are limitations. We want more capacity through bilateral reciprocity. Our airports in UAE are open to receive as many Indian carriers as India wants. But India should respond,” said Adel Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer and board member, Air Arabia.
“We have not grown in India since past five years because we have no more capacity granted to us. In fact, some capacity has been taken away. The cap on Air Arabia’s growth in India is no good for us but it is not good for the Indian public as well. We have seen people’s lives changing wherever we fly. Ten years ago when we flew to Nagpur, nobody was flying there. Now you see the change. We want to go to airports where nobody goes, but grant us capacity,” he added.
07/02/15 Lalatendu Mishra/The Hindu
