New Delhi: The US Department of Transportation has barred Air India from handling its own ground operations at the US airports, as per a July 30 order. The order is being seen as a tit for tat move after India did the same to US carriers in 2017.
US protested and Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation said it was looking into it, but since no decision was forthcoming, this was the call taken by the US .
The latest order from the US Department of Transportation reads, "The department described the failure of the Indian government to permit US carriers to exercise their bilateral right to perform their own ground handling (to 'self-handle') at Indian airports. Based on this failure, the department has suspended their right to self-handle at US airports."
However, sources at Air India have told India Today that this will not impact the airline because it has always outsourced ground handling operations in the United States.
04/08/19 Poulomi Saha/India Today
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US protested and Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation said it was looking into it, but since no decision was forthcoming, this was the call taken by the US .
The latest order from the US Department of Transportation reads, "The department described the failure of the Indian government to permit US carriers to exercise their bilateral right to perform their own ground handling (to 'self-handle') at Indian airports. Based on this failure, the department has suspended their right to self-handle at US airports."
However, sources at Air India have told India Today that this will not impact the airline because it has always outsourced ground handling operations in the United States.
04/08/19 Poulomi Saha/India Today
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