India seeks more code-sharing to boost travel to Canada

Toronto: With no Canadian airline flying to India even as two Indian carriers touch Canada, Indian civil aviation authorities have demanded enhanced code-sharing by the Canadian national carrier Air Canada with Indian carriers to boost air travel between the two countries.
Indian civil aviation secretary Nasim Zaidi, who held talks with his Canadian counterparts and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) officials in Montreal, said Thursday that since no Canadian carrier is operating to India, "it is thus important that the code-sharing for the Canadian carrier is enhanced.
"This would help the civilian passengers and will also help promote business. This will make seamless connectivity for passengers, allowing code-sharing on third country carriers, theoretically even through airlines such as Lufthansa."
A statement by the Indian high commission after the talks in Ottawa and Montreal (where the International Civil Organization is based), said India and Canada held "an extremely cordial and intensive discussion to enhance air connectivity between the two countries.
"This included unlimited air services for cargo; substantive liberalization of code-sharing relations between airlines; rationalization of code-sharing and inter-modal transport arrangements and simplification of clauses relating to tariff and fare structure."
01/07/11 IANS/Deccan Herald

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