Mumbai: Flydubai, a stateowned low-fare carrier of the UAE, wants more seat entitlements to fly to India's smaller airports which have nascent demand for travel to west Asian countries, said its senior executives.
"We have very few seats to India. India is a place that demands more flights. The enhance of bilateral rights by 11,000 seats was highly appreciated, but we need more," the airline's CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith told ET. Earlier in the day, the carrier announced the commencement of flights to Mumbai.
It will fly five times a week to India's financial capital, taking its total weekly frequency to the country to 25. It also flies to Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kochi, Lucknow and Trivandrum. Earlier this year, India and the UAE enhanced bilateral air traffic rights to allow weekly carriers additional entitlements of 11,000 seats.
30/10/14 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
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"We have very few seats to India. India is a place that demands more flights. The enhance of bilateral rights by 11,000 seats was highly appreciated, but we need more," the airline's CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith told ET. Earlier in the day, the carrier announced the commencement of flights to Mumbai.
It will fly five times a week to India's financial capital, taking its total weekly frequency to the country to 25. It also flies to Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kochi, Lucknow and Trivandrum. Earlier this year, India and the UAE enhanced bilateral air traffic rights to allow weekly carriers additional entitlements of 11,000 seats.
30/10/14 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
