Government of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea on November 13, 2015 over Air services between two countries after negotiations were held in New Delhi on October 14 to 15, 2015 to enhance bilateral air service cooperation between the two countries. The major issues that were formalized as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries are as follows :
a)Capacity Entitlement: The capacity entitlement for both the countries have been increased from existing 6 services per week to 19 services per week.
b)Points of Call: -Two additional points of call that are Chennai and Bengaluru have been granted for South Korean aircrafts.
c)Additional Beyond Points: -Apart from Tokyo and Los Angeles, two additional beyond points of call viz. Seattle and Vancouver, have been granted for Indian carriers. This means that the Indian aircrafts can mount air services to these destinations via Korea so that the operations could become more economical.
d)Intermediate Point: -Ho-Chi-Minh city (Vietnam) is now available as an intermediate point to the carriers of both countries in addition to Bangkok, Macau or Hong Kong. This gives an opportunity to the Indian carriers to provide additional options to the people travelling to Vietnam.
e)Domestic code share points: – To increase seamless connectivity for the benefit of passengers, both sides agreed to allow domestic code-share to any four points in their respective countries
16/11/15 Peter Nathanael/PrepSure
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a)Capacity Entitlement: The capacity entitlement for both the countries have been increased from existing 6 services per week to 19 services per week.
b)Points of Call: -Two additional points of call that are Chennai and Bengaluru have been granted for South Korean aircrafts.
c)Additional Beyond Points: -Apart from Tokyo and Los Angeles, two additional beyond points of call viz. Seattle and Vancouver, have been granted for Indian carriers. This means that the Indian aircrafts can mount air services to these destinations via Korea so that the operations could become more economical.
d)Intermediate Point: -Ho-Chi-Minh city (Vietnam) is now available as an intermediate point to the carriers of both countries in addition to Bangkok, Macau or Hong Kong. This gives an opportunity to the Indian carriers to provide additional options to the people travelling to Vietnam.
e)Domestic code share points: – To increase seamless connectivity for the benefit of passengers, both sides agreed to allow domestic code-share to any four points in their respective countries
16/11/15 Peter Nathanael/PrepSure
