Giving wings to fly

It’s been over a year since the National Civil Aviation Policy was released with a promise to end all woes of the new airlines over the much-debated 5/20 rule. While MoCA did away with the five years operations limit before the airlines could start flying international, the ministry maintained that they should at least have 20 aircraft before plying on such routes. A lot of expectations were set on AirAsia India and Vistara initially and both the airlines showed interest in flying international as soon as possible. None of these airlines have announced an international route as yet, and they are apparently hastening the process of procuring new aircraft. We hope that they open new international routes at the earliest and offer greater connectivity to Indian travellers. On the other hand, India is seeing an unprecedented growth in terms of domestic travel, aided by many Low Cost Carriers connecting different parts of the country. In such a scenario, is it wrong for some airlines to only focus on serving the domestic market, especially when big airports are only getting crowded?