India signs open skies agreement with Greece

NEW DELHI: India signs open skies agreement with Greece. Greece is the first country that has signed open skies with India after the aviation policy was cleared by the Cabinet.

"We have signed open skies with Greece. This will allow carriers from our country to launch any number of flights to any destination in Greece. Carriers from Greece will, however, be allowed to connect only six key cities in the country," said aviation secretary R N Choubey.

The key cities are Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Chennai.

The aviation ministry is also going to call Indian airlines to discuss their demands for the Dubai.

The Indians carriers have exhausted the seat entitlements between India and Dubai and the government is looking at increasing it depending on the requirements of the Indian carriers.

"We are also going to take a commitment from Dubai authorities on the landing slots to be provided to Indian carriers," Choubey added.

Indian carriers have in the past complained that they do not get desired slots at Dubai.