Indecision over enhancing Dubai's traffic rights to impact Emirates

Revision of traffic rights with Dubai has generated controversies earlier too

The contentious issue of enhancing traffic rights with Dubai has left the civil aviation ministry divided and a further delay in revision will hurt the Dubai-based Emirates airlines.

Emirates is the largest foreign airline operating in India with a market share of 10.8 per cent in international traffic in the country. It accounts for almost a third of the entire traffic between India and the US and has the largest market share on routes between India-Africa.

In 2016, the Dubai airport alone handled 83 million passengers, out of which over 11 million were from India. Around 60 per cent of