The Chinese and Indian civil aviation authorities met on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a number of issues, including their differences over fifth freedom rights in their air bilateral agreement.
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Threatened China signs the agreement
New Delhi: India and China have
finally agreed to allow designated
airlines to fly to each other’s
countries and beyond, but only after
officials here threatened the visiting
civil aviation delegation from Beijing
that India was prepared to cancel
the entire agreement, according to
government officials familiar with the
matter who didn’t want to be
identified. The Indian side told their
counterparts that if Beijing was not
willing to reciprocate the Indian gesture
of allowing the Chinese cargo carrier,
Great Wall Airlines, to fly to Mumbai
and Chennai, it might have to call
off the entire exercise.
21/03/08 Jyoti Malhotra and
Tarun Shukla/Livemint
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Threatened China signs the agreement
New Delhi: India and China have
finally agreed to allow designated
airlines to fly to each other’s
countries and beyond, but only after
officials here threatened the visiting
civil aviation delegation from Beijing
that India was prepared to cancel
the entire agreement, according to
government officials familiar with the
matter who didn’t want to be
identified. The Indian side told their
counterparts that if Beijing was not
willing to reciprocate the Indian gesture
of allowing the Chinese cargo carrier,
Great Wall Airlines, to fly to Mumbai
and Chennai, it might have to call
off the entire exercise.
21/03/08 Jyoti Malhotra and
Tarun Shukla/Livemint
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The two sides decided that designated airlines from both countries would be allowed to operate to any three points beyond the destination (beyond points), but not more than two points in one region. However, the intermediate points and beyond points and the exercise of traffic rights, to and from these points, require permission from the aeronautical authorities of the two countries.
The Indian authorities specified the US and Canada as one region, Australia and New Zealand as the second region and Asia as the third region for the three beyond points for Indian carriers.
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