For once a well written article on our Industry in that tabloid of a newspaper - Times of India.
The author is right that Indigo and spice dont want to touch medium/long haul routes.
lets see if they figure out ways to keep costs down and efficiency high and adapt the LCC model on europe/africa/east asia routes.
i believe that is going to be the next major innovation in the airline business, the way Southwest and Ryanair changed the game 20-25 yrs back