India is planning to negotiate with Dubai and Abu Dhabi to open up rights for more flights into the UAE.
India's civil aviation ministry said it would hold fresh bilateral negotiations to "explore enhancing additional traffic rights" with destinations where "existing traffic rights have almost got exhausted". Other destinations it is targeting include Singapore, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq and Afghanistan.
This follows criticism that erupted last year surrounding a report by government auditors that claimed that the ministry had allowed Arabian Gulf airlines additional traffic rights to the detriment of Air India as they gained market share.
13/11/12 Rebecca Bundhun/The National
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India's civil aviation ministry said it would hold fresh bilateral negotiations to "explore enhancing additional traffic rights" with destinations where "existing traffic rights have almost got exhausted". Other destinations it is targeting include Singapore, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq and Afghanistan.
This follows criticism that erupted last year surrounding a report by government auditors that claimed that the ministry had allowed Arabian Gulf airlines additional traffic rights to the detriment of Air India as they gained market share.
13/11/12 Rebecca Bundhun/The National
