Govt to open skies further

New Delhi: Buoyed by the rising demand for international travel, the government is planning to aggressively pursue open skies policy in the passenger segment over the next five years. So far, India’s open sky policy is confined to cargo operations.
As a result of the initiative for open skies, foreign airlines from various countries would get to launch unlimited services to Indian cities, provided the countries concerned agree to reciprocal rights for designated Indian carriers.
As of now, India has a open skies agreement with the US and a partial open skies pact with the UK.International passenger air-traffic movement is expected to be liberalised in the medium-term and a policy declaration to this effect would be part of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan document, an official said.
“The move to pursue open-skies got approved of the full Planning Commission meeting chaired by the prime minister Manmohan Singh. It would soon be submitted to the national development council (NDC),” he added.
12/11/07 Nirbhay Kumar/Economic Times

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Categories: General Aviation Nov 2007