Looking at this logically, it seems that even Modi government is not interested at present to give direct flights from USA/London to Ahmadabad. The adverts in Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar probably explain why. Ahmadabad flights are at present about £60 more than Mumbai and Delhi. This probably explains that the people are unnecessarily paying extra fare.
If you remember the first person to meet Modiji was Mr. Praful Patel. It was he who withdrew direct flights to Ahmadabad. To finance improvement to Mumbai /Delhi airports he must have seen the cashcow in Gujaratis travelling to Ahmadabad to finance these airports.
Emirates flight directly from Middle East to Ahmadabad must have been given permission by Mr. Praful Patel on payment of hefty fees probably going towards the development of these 2 large airports.
The recent meeting probably was to warn PM Modi not allow direct flights to Ahmadabad as this would been one of the condition Emirates took on the route. So at least in the near future there probably is no chance of having direct flights to Ahmadabad. It looks like we the Gujaratis and NRIs have been and are taken for a ride and the present government does not want to change it.
Vinu Patel
Croydon
