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Norwegian tried to put Thai based crew on all their longhaul flights and failed with EU and US labor law, so they opened a crew base in FLL. Probably AY will do the same for its west bound flights too. Flight and cabin crew wages are a big proportion of operating cost, so they have start somewhere to (continue to) survive.
That said this might be an indicator that margins to Delhi are not rosy anymore but the fact they are setting up a base in DEL indicates that they plan to stay for a while.