"The CEOs of the two leading Gulf airlines - Dubai's Emirates and Doha's Qatar - are keen on increasing their share of traffic rights too after Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad managed to quadruple its access into India accompanied by an equity deal with Jet Airways.
While Emirates President Tim Clark thinks that the Indian government's generosity towards Etihad's request has "cast the die in this direction", Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is looking for a revision of air capacity into India but neither wants to pick a stake in any Indian carriers "at the moment".
"We need more seats. Suddenly Etihad has got 33,000 seats more. We've been asking for revision of traffic rights into India for five years since 2008. Our request predates theirs and the die has been cast in that direction," Clark told ET."
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