new delhi jet airways ambitious plan to fly from 23 indian cities to abu dhabi after the deal with etihad clears foreign investment promotion board fipb hurdle may prove to be the next stumbling block after the effective control issue the competition commission of india has sought detailed response from jet and etihad on the combined market share the two airlines expect to have on the indiaabu dhabi and beyond routes to places like north america and europe where other indian carriers also fly jet has sought time till august 5 to reply to cci queries it wants to get fipb nod when the board meets on monday since fipb and market regulator sebi had raised concerns about effective control and ownership some changes are learnt to have been made in the structure of the deal etihad will now have two directors on the 10member board instead of four proposed earlier this will limit their say in the airline post deal big ticket appointments will be made by majority of votes and that should give etihad say in the airline commensurate to its 24 stake in jet said sources whether the new structure satisfies fears of an indian carrier jet airways losing effective control and ownership to a foreign airline etihad that has 24 stake in it will be known next week but the two partners may face heat from competition angle too the jetetihad deal has no implications for the domestic travel market but it may have a significant impact on international travel market as jet plans to fly from 23 indian cities to abu dhabi and then provide connectivity to north america and europe air india flies to both these continents jet also plans to fly between abu dhabi and other points in the gulf where all indian carriers that fly abroad go at present said sources indian lowcost carriers for instance have expressed fears that they could lose business on gulf routes if jetetihad combine resorts to dumping of prices to get traffic ai on the other hand has said it will lose business to europe and americas ai has gone to the extent of saying it may have to shut down nonstop flights to us after jet develops a base in abu dhabi cci will look closely at these fears of indian carriers but this issue will come after fipb and sebi have taken a call on their doubts said sources incidentally cci chairman ashok chawla is a former aviation and finance secretary and would be examining the deal from all perspectives