London’s Gatwick Airport offers incentives to attract Indian carriers

London’s Gatwick Airport is offering incentives to attract Indian carriers at a time when airlines such as Vistara and IndiGo are planning to launch flights to the British capital and slots at the main Heathrow Airport are scarce. “Particularly with Jet (Airways shutting its operations) last year, we think it is a good opportunity to establish routes from Delhi to start with and Mumbai later,” Gatwick Airport CEO Stewart Wingate said. “We have met Air India, Vistara, IndiGo and SpiceJet.” Wingate said Vistara has applied for slots at Gatwick but it is also pursuing Heathrow. “So, if they were to come to Gatwick… there is a competition between us and Heathrow to secure the slots,” he said.<br/>