International services to India show strong growth but remain constrained by regulatory issues

In our continuing series, which examines the most robust routes between various global geographies using CAPA's Route Analyser Tool, we will look at India in a more comprehensive way, showing that regulatory policy in India has actually moved its hubs to the Gulf states, primarily Dubai.

While there are a few additional Europe-South Asia routes (i.e. Pakistan, Sri Lanka) that meet the selected criteria, they have been eliminated from the analysis. What is left is a pattern that has two significant offers, between London and India's two primary cities, followed by a robust, but much smaller offer, primarily originating in Germany. Following this, every service is essentially a single daily flight, most to either Delhi or Mumbai.