New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- Gulf Air and Saudia are both opposing Adani Airport Holdings' proposal to reduce capacity at Mumbai and shift a significant portion of the international operations to Navi Mumbai. The proposal has sparked a fight that could well, in the end, involve the regulators, the diplomats, and the various governments concerned.

The Navi Mumbai airport is located 50 km away from Mumbai airport.

At the core of the dispute are the long-standing flight slots. Both airlines are adamant that Adani has no right to unilaterally scrap the historic slot allocations and warn that they may take their case to the civil aviation authorities in India, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Gulf Air has suggested the prospect of countermeasures, which w...