As we transition to the Northern Summer season 2024 schedule on the final Sunday of March, there are 4,055 weekly worldwide flights out of India within the first week of April. These flights are throughout 342 sectors and there are 83 airways that are scheduled to function to and from India which incorporates Indian carriers. The info has been shared by Cirium, an aviation analytics firm, solely for this text.
Routes which haven’t any Indian presence
There are 22 routes from Delhi, which see no Indian service function. That is adopted by 21 from Mumbai and 14 from Bengaluru.
There are 9 routes from Ahmedabad the place there are overseas carriers however not one of the Indian carriers function, 4 from Amritsar. Likewise, there are eight such routes from Kolkata, three from Coimbatore, seven from Kochi, three from Guwahati, six from Goa, six from Hyderabad, two from Bagdogra, one from Madurai, 4 from Jaipur, three from Lucknow, eleven from Chennai, two from Nagpur, 5 from Thiruvananthapuram, three from Trichy, one from Varanasi and two from Vizag.
Apparently, in some instances, there are two overseas carriers working on the route however none from the Indian aspect. Vietjet and Vietnam airways function to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh metropolis from Mumbai, however no Indian service operates to those locations from Mumbai. Likewise, Malaysia Airways and Batik Air Malaysia function to Kuala Lumpur from Mumbai, however IndiGo is the one Indian service to function to Kuala Lumpur from India, which it does from Chennai. There are three carriers to Kuala Lumpur from Kochi and in addition from Delhi, however no Indian service on the route.
Routes which have solely Indian presence
In the case of Indian carriers working monopoly worldwide routes, Air India Categorical wins arms down because it operates over 50 such routes, in comparison with 25 of IndiGo. Even Air India operates 26 such routes, yet another than IndiGo indicating the good distance IndiGo has to ascertain its presence on Worldwide routes. The Air India Categorical routes are largely pushed from southern India whereas Air India’s routes to Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Copenhagen give it the a lot wanted head begin.
There are additionally a handful of locations the place there are two Indian carriers however none from the overseas aspect. There are two routes every from Ahmedabad and Amritsar, three from Bhubaneswar, Kolkata and Bengaluru, eight from Mumbai, 5 from Calicut, 9 from Kannur, two from Kochi, 17 from Delhi, two every from Goa, Indore and Hyderabad, eight from Mangalore, one every from Chandigarh and Jaipur, two from Madurai, Pune, Lucknow, Surat, one from Chennai, Varanasi and Vijayawada, and 6 from Trichy.
Between Kozhikode and Jeddah, there are flights operated by SpiceJet, IndiGo and Air India Categorical, however not one of the overseas carriers serve this route.
International locations the place overseas carriers function however Indian carriers do not
Whereas route particular modifications are primarily based on the hub and spoke or level to level nature of the community, there are few international locations the place Indian carriers don’t fly in any respect.
Switzerland tops the record the place Swiss Air flies to each Delhi and Mumbai whereas no Indian carriers supply companies. Indian’s love Switzerland and it’s all the time one of many wanted locations in Europe. Poland and Finland are the opposite two international locations in Europe which have direct flights to India by native carriers. Since Air India stopped flying to Moscow, the Russia – India connectivity additionally sees solely Aeroflot working. The sanctions put up begin of conflict has meant that lessors are usually not comfy permitting airways to function planes. At instances when lessors are okay with the plan, the insurance coverage might not be beneficial.
Different such international locations are Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen – the place the geo-political situation just isn’t conducive sufficient. Iraqi Airways connects Najaf, Baghdad and Basra to Indian locations. The most important chunk of nations with out Indian carriers are in Africa, the place carriers from Ethiopia, Egypt, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria stay unconnected from the Indian aspect. The opposite international locations are Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Belarus – all a part of the previous Soviet Union. Seychelles and Bhutan spherical up the record.
The writer, Ameya Joshi, is an aviation analyst.
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Printed: 02 Mar 2024, 09:26 AM IST
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