UAE airlines fly almost as many Indians as desi ones

NEW DELHI: United Arab Emirates (UAE) is officially the aviation hub for Indian globetrotters.

The two Dubai-based airlines — full service Emirates and low cost flydubai — together flew almost as many people in and out of India last year as Air India. India's national carrier flew just 2,696 people more than Dubai's airlines.

Directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) figures for 2014 show that the three airlines of United Arab Emirates (UAE) — Emirates, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad and flydubai —flew more people to and from India than any standalone Indian carrier. The pre-dominance of Gulf carriers is evident from the fact that they top the charts for top airlines in India in terms of international market share.

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