India, EU paving the way for open skies agreement

New Delhi: India and the European Union could sign an agreement on November 30 that would pave the way for an eventual open skies agreement between them, the Head of the Delegation of the European Union, Ms D. Smajda said on Friday.
Speaking to the media at a conference to announce the launch of Jet Airways daily flight on the Delhi-Brussels-New York sector, Ms Smajda said the finalisation of an agreement during the India-EU annual Summit meeting would provide the legal framework to work towards an open skies agreement between India and the EU.
Addressing the meeting, the Jet Airways Chairman, Mr Naresh Goyal, said that the airline was keen to operate more flights to the US and planned to connect Washington D.C and Chicago among other cities.
“The airline plans to launch a service on the Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco from February next year which would make us the only carrier other than the Chinese and the US carriers to operate on the route,” Mr Goyal said.
27/10/07 Kamal Narang/Business Line

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