Adani Airports urges India to relax seat caps on foreign airlines
HYDERABAD, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Adani Airports on Wednesday urged India to ease limits on how many seats foreign airlines can sell on flights to and from the country, saying the curbs are holding back its ambition to become a global aviation hub. The limits, part of bilateral air service agreements, are designed to protect domestic airlines, but have long been a source of frustration for overseas carriers. Dubai’s Emirates, for example, has said demand was much higher than the weekly seat caps under the India–UAE bilateral agreement. “In the short term, growth in Indian aviation is constrained by bilateral