Dubai: The weekly seats between India and Abu Dhabi have been increased to 50,000 for each, up almost four-fold from the current arrangement of 13,300 seats per week, in a deal signed on Wednesday, according to the Indian ambassador to the UAE.
“We have increased weekly seats to 50,000 each between India and Abu Dhabi following an agreement signed on Wednesday between the Indian civil aviation ministry and the UAE civil aviation authority,” M.K. Lokesh, Indian Ambassador to the UAE, told Gulf News in a phone interview.
He added that the new arrangement will be phased over a period of three years, until December 31, 2015.
While most Indian carriers are said to be miffed with the new bilateral deal, Jet Airways is reportedly seeking a chunky 41,600 additional weekly seats to Abu Dhabi over the next three years.
It currently operates 4,285 seats to the UAE capital.
