Could someone explain the benefits of Jet flying MAN-DEL/BOM via AUH when they could just fly direct? Going MAN-AUH-BOM and then for example COK would be pointless (unless the price was right) when you could fly MAN-DXB/DOH/AUH-COK without the need to transit through India.
This isn't what the article says - it states:
According to the plan, Jet will kick-start this expansion by operating its wide-body aircraft like the Boeing 777 and Airbus A-330 from Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai (in first phase) and Hyderabad, Cochin and Trivandrum (in second phase) to Abu Dhabi. Replicating its 'scissor' operation of Brussels on a much larger scale, these aircraft will then fly onwards to US cities like San Francisco, Washington, New York, Newark and Chicago. After a quick turnaround, these aircraft will then fly to the Indian metros via Abu Dhabi.
and
In addition to the flights via Abu Dhabi, Jet has sought more flying points in Europe like Paris, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester, Copenhagen and Barcelona to India. The airline expects a substantial passenger load on these flights to be of passengers flying between Europe and its other destination in Southeast Asia and China where it plans to restart operations to Shanghai.
So two seperate elements of the plan - hubbing via AUH
AND more direct Europe-India flights.