India-Japan weekly flights to be doubled

New Delhi: India and Japan have agreed to double the weekly flights between the two countries to 42. The move will be effective from March 2010. Under the new agreement, Japanese carriers will be entitled to operate 14 services each on Tokyo-Delhi and Tokyo-Mumbai sectors in 2010 from the existing 7 services each on these routes. The Indian carriers will also be able to operate up to 28 services a week from multiple points in India to Tokyo.
Currently, only Air India offers its services on the India-Japan sector. The public sector airline operates four flights each to Tokyo and Osaka. Two Japanese carriers — Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways — offers its services to India.
“The Japanese government has agreed to allot 20 additional slots effective from March 2010 at the congested Narita international airport at Tokyo to Indian carriers. They have also assured that they shall be making sincere efforts to allot 28 additional slots at the Narita or Haneda airport in a timely manner for the Indian carriers to operate additional 14 services to Tokyo,” a civil aviation ministry statement said. The fresh round of negotiations would boost air traffic on the India-Japan sector.
23/06/08 Economic Times

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