The government’s plans to negotiate cheaper gas price with Qatar in exchange for increased airline seats between India and the Gulf nation is unlikely to find favour among all ministries.
This is because Qatar failed to fulfil its commitments made during the negotiations for the Air Services Agreement with India. At the negotiations held in 2005, Qatar Airways had made a commitment to hire pilots trained from the government-owned Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA), which has not been fulfilled.
“Qatar has hired only a few pilots, whereas, the commitments made during the negotiations were of many more,” said a senior civil aviation ministry official.
27/12/13 Mihir Mishra/Financial Express
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This is because Qatar failed to fulfil its commitments made during the negotiations for the Air Services Agreement with India. At the negotiations held in 2005, Qatar Airways had made a commitment to hire pilots trained from the government-owned Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA), which has not been fulfilled.
“Qatar has hired only a few pilots, whereas, the commitments made during the negotiations were of many more,” said a senior civil aviation ministry official.
27/12/13 Mihir Mishra/Financial Express
