Passengers pinning hope on talks with India and Kuwait

Dubai: With Kuwait threatening to disallow landing of India's state-owned carriers at its capital from Sunday, passengers planning to fly to India during summer holidays are now pinning hopes on the crucial talks between both countries.
While civil aviation authorities of both the countries are engaged in a second round of negotiations in New Delhi, the Indian Ambassador in Kuwait and Civil Aviation Ministry joint secretary are expected to hold parleys with their counterparts before July one in Kuwait.
"If the flights between the two countries are halted, the services of India's national carriers, Air India and Indian to Kuwait will be heavily disrupted," Kuwait Times report said.
Travel agents has said that they had not received any word from Air India or Indian Airlines regarding Kuwait DGCA's decision to stop their flights.
The crisis for passengers between India and Kuwait was aggravated after the latter issued a notice to 'Air India' and 'Indian' saying it will not receive flights of the airlines from July 1.
The row was sparked after Kuwait asked India to increase seat capacities of Kuwait Airways and Jazeera Airways to and from India, while the Indian Civil Aviation is reportedly unwilling to grant the request as it feels that its national carriers will face stiff competition.
26/06/07 PTI/The Hindu

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