New Delhi: The Narendra Modi-government wants to transform the metro cities into global aviation hubs such as Dubai and Singapore so that India can benefit from the growing traffic to Europe and the US from South East Asia.
As part of this strategy, the Centre feels it should stop signing “excessively liberal bilateral” agreements with other hubs in West Asia and South East Asia as these pacts have helped the foreign airports to funnel traffic from India to the US and Europe, at the expense of the Indian cities.
A new aviation policy will incorporate these changes, officials said.
The civil aviation ministry feels India needs to stop feeding rival airports such as Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Colombo and Istanbul at a time local airports and airlines are under-utilised for foreign travel.
The ministry may hold more consultations with India’s airlines and airport operators before signing bilateral pacts in the future.
06/11/14 Jayanta Roy Chowdhury/Telegraph India
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As part of this strategy, the Centre feels it should stop signing “excessively liberal bilateral” agreements with other hubs in West Asia and South East Asia as these pacts have helped the foreign airports to funnel traffic from India to the US and Europe, at the expense of the Indian cities.
A new aviation policy will incorporate these changes, officials said.
The civil aviation ministry feels India needs to stop feeding rival airports such as Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Colombo and Istanbul at a time local airports and airlines are under-utilised for foreign travel.
The ministry may hold more consultations with India’s airlines and airport operators before signing bilateral pacts in the future.
06/11/14 Jayanta Roy Chowdhury/Telegraph India
