New Delhi: In strong defense of its decision to enhance the number of seats under the India-Abu Dhabi bilateral air services agreement the civil aviation ministry, in a note to the cabinet secretariat and key ministries, has said that there no additional points of call has been allowed to UAE in India apart from the existing 11 it is allowed to fly under the new memorandum of understanding.
The UAE had asked for rights to fly to 38 cities within India during negotiations.
It has also clarified that an air services agreement between India and UAE was signed on 21st March 1989 and a new MOU was initiated way back on 5 February 2008. So no new air services agreement has been signed between the two countries recently.
Allying fears expressed by senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh and Janta Party President Subramanian Swamy that the enhancement of seats is fruight with national security risk, MoCA said no amendment has been made in the security clause in the new MOU signed between the two countries.
04/07/13 Surajeet Das Gupta & Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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The UAE had asked for rights to fly to 38 cities within India during negotiations.
It has also clarified that an air services agreement between India and UAE was signed on 21st March 1989 and a new MOU was initiated way back on 5 February 2008. So no new air services agreement has been signed between the two countries recently.
Allying fears expressed by senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh and Janta Party President Subramanian Swamy that the enhancement of seats is fruight with national security risk, MoCA said no amendment has been made in the security clause in the new MOU signed between the two countries.
04/07/13 Surajeet Das Gupta & Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
