Wednesday, January 02, 2019

UAE, India set to discuss increase in air traffic

India and UAE are expected to hold preliminary discussions later this month as a precursor to renegotiating their bilateral air services agreement.

An official level meeting between India and the UAE civil aviation ministry officials is slated for January 15 in Mumbai to discuss the issue, official sources at India’s civil aviation ministry told Arabian Business.

“The UAE civil aviation authorities have requested for a meeting with the Indian authorities on this (expanding bilateral airline seat capacities) issue. Accordingly, a meeting has been scheduled between the two sides in Mumbai during the Global Aviation Summit,” a ministry official, who did not want to be identified, said.

Global Aviation Summit 2019 will be held in Mumbai on January 15-16.

About 60 countries, including countries from GCC, have already confirmed their participation at the Summit, a senior official at apex Indian business chamber Ficci, told Arabian Business.
Ficci is partnering with the Indian ministry of civil aviation in holding the Global Aviation Summit.

The UAE delegation to the aviation summit in Mumbai comprises of chairman, department of civil aviation, Ras Al-Khaimah and chairman, department of civil aviation, Sharjah, while the Saudi delegation will have president, GACA and Director Geneal, Saudi Arabian Airlines as members.
02/01/19 James Mathew/Arabian Business
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