‘No bilaterals till Indian carriers use up quota’

New Delhi: The government has decided not to sign any more Air Services Agreement (ASA) with other nations till Indian carriers exhaust their quota under the existing agreements. ASA decides the quota of seat allocation to airlines from other countries.
“Bilateral, by definition, means both sides and unless our carriers exhaust the quota allocated to them, there is no need for signing new ones,” civil aviation minister Ajit Singh told The Indian Express.
India has signed ASAs with over 109 countries and there are 8,34,000 weekly seats available on international air routes. Indian carriers utilise 22.7 per cent of the quota available, which will increase to 40 per cent after IndiGo, SpiceJet and Jet Airways start flights to new short-haul and long-haul international destinations.
04/09/12 Mihir Mishra/Indian Express

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Categories: Foreign Sep 2012, Indian Aviation- In General Sep 2012