Indias aviation market: A sleeping giant? | DW News

In India, foreign airlines are pushing for a greater slice of the country's growing aviation market. Emirates and Turkish Airlines among the companies calling Tuesday for the country to open up more international routes in and out of the country during an aviation conference in Delhi. Their complaints come as India plans to invest nearly 12 billion dollars in the aviation industry by 2025. And as flag-carrier Air India raises its international-ambitions -- in part through the purchase of 470 aircraft. The current restrictions on international-carriers went into effect during the 2008 financial crisis after Air India incurred heavy losses.

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