New Delhi:With the civil aviation ministry granting 60 per cent more traffic rights to Indian air carriers on international skies, it is likely to engage in fresh bilateral negotiations with the governments of Oman, Macau and Afghanistan for enhancement of traffic rights. Bilateral traffic rights define the number of weekly flights or seats a country’s designated airlines are allowed to operate in another country’s specified points. Both countries can seek more numbers of services or seats in a week or more places to fly to, through enhancement of traffic rights.
In an interview with Business Standard, Ajit Singh, the minister, had said, “We would explore possibilities of enhancing additional traffic rights with those countries with whom existing rights have almost got exhausted from both sides.” The government had imposed a freeze on private carriers expanding abroad in March last year.
According to ministry data, this winter season will see Indian carriers utilising 42 per cent of the quota of seats allowed under bilateral traffic rights with various countries or 377,724 seats per week, compared with about 20 per cent utilisation in the year-ago season.
19/11/12 Disha Kanwar/Business Standard
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In an interview with Business Standard, Ajit Singh, the minister, had said, “We would explore possibilities of enhancing additional traffic rights with those countries with whom existing rights have almost got exhausted from both sides.” The government had imposed a freeze on private carriers expanding abroad in March last year.
According to ministry data, this winter season will see Indian carriers utilising 42 per cent of the quota of seats allowed under bilateral traffic rights with various countries or 377,724 seats per week, compared with about 20 per cent utilisation in the year-ago season.
19/11/12 Disha Kanwar/Business Standard
