Posted on : Mar 31,2012
The Government on 23rd march decided to open 11 new International routes under Bilateral Air Services Agreements (ASAs) to the national carrier Air India as well as to other Indian Scheduled Carriers.
A release issued by Ministry of Civil Aviation said, the decision will help expand global networks of such carriers as well as to make air travel more affordable to people. The sectors which have been decided to open include Mumbai-Dar-es-Salaam, Delhi-Guangzhou, Delhi-Yangon, Delhi-Tashkent, Delhi-Hanoi, Delhi-Addis Ababa , Delhi-Melbourne and Delhi-Sydney.
The decision to allow all Indian scheduled carriers to use the air traffic rights under the existing ASAs, was taken after Civil Aviation Minister Mr Ajit Singh reviewed their utilisation.With this decision, the international services of Air India and its subsdiary Air India Express will increase from 430 flights per week now to 471 services per week this summer.
Similarly,the number of global flights of all private carriers would also go up.The release said, the private airlines would continue to operate on these international sectors till such time they reach the maximum permissible limit under ASAs.
In order to safeguard the interests of Air India, the Ministry decided that the national carrier's operational plan would receive due consideration in allocation of the traffic rights and entitlements.
The Government on 23rd march decided to open 11 new International routes under Bilateral Air Services Agreements (ASAs) to the national carrier Air India as well as to other Indian Scheduled Carriers.
A release issued by Ministry of Civil Aviation said, the decision will help expand global networks of such carriers as well as to make air travel more affordable to people. The sectors which have been decided to open include Mumbai-Dar-es-Salaam, Delhi-Guangzhou, Delhi-Yangon, Delhi-Tashkent, Delhi-Hanoi, Delhi-Addis Ababa , Delhi-Melbourne and Delhi-Sydney.
The decision to allow all Indian scheduled carriers to use the air traffic rights under the existing ASAs, was taken after Civil Aviation Minister Mr Ajit Singh reviewed their utilisation.With this decision, the international services of Air India and its subsdiary Air India Express will increase from 430 flights per week now to 471 services per week this summer.
Similarly,the number of global flights of all private carriers would also go up.The release said, the private airlines would continue to operate on these international sectors till such time they reach the maximum permissible limit under ASAs.
In order to safeguard the interests of Air India, the Ministry decided that the national carrier's operational plan would receive due consideration in allocation of the traffic rights and entitlements.
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