India is set to offer unlimited seats to designated airlines of foreign countries as part of its proposed ‘open sky’ policy but landing rights will be negotiated to suit its convenience. It will adopt variants of open skies with different countries, depending on what they bring to the table.
Open sky refers to bilateral air service agreements with countries for operating unlimited seats by designated airlines of the two countries.
Clarifying on the proposed policy to liberalise flying on foreign routes, aviation secretary RN Choubey said that the proposed open skies with foreign countries would be negotiated in a calibrated manner giving local carriers preparatory period before they compete with international rivals.
The draft aviation policy released on October 30 had proposed landing points on a reciprocal basis but it has now emerged that access points to airlines of foreign countries would be subject to separate negotiations. Seeking to liberalise the rules governing bilateral traffic rights with foreign countries, the policy proposed to follow open skies in a graded manner.
10/11/15 Nirbhay Kumar/mydigitalfc
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Open sky refers to bilateral air service agreements with countries for operating unlimited seats by designated airlines of the two countries.
Clarifying on the proposed policy to liberalise flying on foreign routes, aviation secretary RN Choubey said that the proposed open skies with foreign countries would be negotiated in a calibrated manner giving local carriers preparatory period before they compete with international rivals.
The draft aviation policy released on October 30 had proposed landing points on a reciprocal basis but it has now emerged that access points to airlines of foreign countries would be subject to separate negotiations. Seeking to liberalise the rules governing bilateral traffic rights with foreign countries, the policy proposed to follow open skies in a graded manner.
10/11/15 Nirbhay Kumar/mydigitalfc
