Indian budget airlines Indigo and GoAir may soon start direct flights to Saudi cities Jeddah and Dammam respectively from Kannur International Airport.
This is even as Saudi Arabian Airlines may have to wait longer to operate flights to the newly opened airport in Kerala, despite India deciding last month to hike bilateral airline seat capacities between Indian and Saudi Arabia.
India has allowed Saudi Arabia a 40 percent increase in airline seat quota from this month under the bilateral rights, following the recent high profile visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to India.
According to senior authorities at Kannur International Airport, despite the increase in airline seat quota, Saudia will be able to commence operations to the airport only when India’s aviation regulator DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) includes Kannur airport in the list of airports under the bilateral aviation services pact with the Saudi kingdom.
Kannur International Airport, being a new airport, does not figure in India’s existing bilateral air services pact with various countries and therefore first need to be made part of the list of airports in India before any foreign airline from countries which fall under bilateral air rights can start operating to the airport.
01/04/19 James Mathew/Arabian Business
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This is even as Saudi Arabian Airlines may have to wait longer to operate flights to the newly opened airport in Kerala, despite India deciding last month to hike bilateral airline seat capacities between Indian and Saudi Arabia.
India has allowed Saudi Arabia a 40 percent increase in airline seat quota from this month under the bilateral rights, following the recent high profile visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to India.
According to senior authorities at Kannur International Airport, despite the increase in airline seat quota, Saudia will be able to commence operations to the airport only when India’s aviation regulator DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) includes Kannur airport in the list of airports under the bilateral aviation services pact with the Saudi kingdom.
Kannur International Airport, being a new airport, does not figure in India’s existing bilateral air services pact with various countries and therefore first need to be made part of the list of airports in India before any foreign airline from countries which fall under bilateral air rights can start operating to the airport.
01/04/19 James Mathew/Arabian Business
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