With air traffic on India-China route on the rise, Chinese aviation authorities have proposed to increase bilateral seat entitlements for designated airlines of the two countries.
Responding to this, the Indian aviation ministry has called a meeting of domestic airlines such as Air India, Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo to discuss their requirements before taking the Chinese proposal forward.
“A meeting would be held this week with airlines to assess their requirements for additional seats,” a government official said.
While Chinese airlines have increased seats and frequency between the two countries, Indian carriers have failed to utilise seats allocated to them. As per an official data for the summer schedule this year, Indian carriers operated only 1,024 seats utilising less than one-fourth of 5,000 seats a week allocated to them.
As against this, the three Chinese carriers Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines operated about 7,900 seats a week.
Indian carriers SpiceJet and Jet Airways which earlier operated to China have withdrawn their flights due to commercial unviability. Chinese carriers have, however, maintained their lead over their Indian counterparts.
28/10/15 Nirbhay Kumar/my digital fc
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Responding to this, the Indian aviation ministry has called a meeting of domestic airlines such as Air India, Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo to discuss their requirements before taking the Chinese proposal forward.
“A meeting would be held this week with airlines to assess their requirements for additional seats,” a government official said.
While Chinese airlines have increased seats and frequency between the two countries, Indian carriers have failed to utilise seats allocated to them. As per an official data for the summer schedule this year, Indian carriers operated only 1,024 seats utilising less than one-fourth of 5,000 seats a week allocated to them.
As against this, the three Chinese carriers Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines operated about 7,900 seats a week.
Indian carriers SpiceJet and Jet Airways which earlier operated to China have withdrawn their flights due to commercial unviability. Chinese carriers have, however, maintained their lead over their Indian counterparts.
28/10/15 Nirbhay Kumar/my digital fc
