India eyes Southeast Asia flight deals as Gulf conflict narrows travel zonesIndia will begin talks with Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia to increase flight capacity. This move comes as the West Asia conflict limits e...
04 Apr, 2026, 06.04 AM IST
Image that India not giving bilateral flying rights is wrong: IndiGo CEOIndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers on Wednesday dismissed claims that India is withholding bilateral flying rights from foreign airlines, calling the...
29 Oct, 2025, 11.49 AM IST
IndiGo boss defends India's stand on flying rights, says more noise doesn’t mean more rights in skiesIndiGo's CEO, Pieter Elbers, defends the Indian government's "fair and balanced" stance on bilateral flying rights, countering claims from ...
02 Jun, 2025, 07.07 PM IST
IATA chief optimistic about India providing more bilateral flying rightsIATA chief Willie Walsh believes India will expand bilateral flying rights as Indian carriers increase their wide-body aircraft fleet. This...
11 Dec, 2024, 03.01 PM IST
Bilateral flying rights talks set to take offIndia will begin talks with countries like Singapore and Vietnam to expand bilateral flying rights, prioritising Indian carriers' interests...
12 Sep, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
Govt will proactively look at bilateral flying rights but need to promote Indian airlines: Ram Mohan NaiduThe government is considering requests for increased bilateral flying rights while aiming to promote Indian airlines and develop global avi...
09 Sep, 2024, 09.12 PM IST
Malaysia Airlines plans to connect more non-metro cities in IndiaMalaysia Airlines is set to expand its services in India by increasing flight frequencies to Ahmedabad and Trivandrum, and targeting more n...
06 Sep, 2024, 04.56 PM IST
Emirates makes strong pitch for increased bilateral flying rightsAccording to the airline's president President Sir Tim Clark , Emirates has had no seat increase in India since 2015 and during this period...
07 Jun, 2023, 10.48 AM IST
No plans to provide additional seats to Middle East carriers: GovtCurrently, the airline and its group entity flydubai have bilateral rights to operate around 66,000 seats weekly to India. India has an ope...
21 Mar, 2023, 10.31 PM IST
Renegotiating bilateral flying rights will restrict India's growth: Qatar Airways CEO Al BakerThe airline has already sent 300 tonnes of cargo consisting of medicines and Oxygen producing equipment to India. It will be sending a Boei...
05 May, 2021, 02.17 PM IST
India mulls new flight plan to cut foreign travel via hubsA passenger flying to New York from Delhi can either take nonstop flight or via one of the hubs in the Middle East or Europe—this is known ...
15 Mar, 2021, 05.58 PM IST
India may hold talks to expand bilateral flying rightsThe meeting is set to take place on Jan 14, a day before the beginning of the two-day summit, which will be attended by representatives of ...
01 Jan, 2019, 07.07 AM IST
Increased bilateral flying rights providing 'one way benefit' for foreign carriers: Parliamentary panelFurther, the panel has called for concerted efforts by the ministry to prevail upon different airlines to keep the airfares at minimum affo...
21 Dec, 2018, 10.10 PM IST
No new flying rights for Dubai, Qatar & SingaporeThe move could be against the interests of consumers and hurt one of India’s newer airlines, analysts said.
23 Oct, 2018, 08.31 AM IST
Indian airlines exhaust 80% of flying quota on key foreign routesThe Indian government’s policy to not grant any new flying rights to foreign nations till Indian carriers utilise at least 80% of the exist...
26 Aug, 2018, 11.29 PM IST
Divergent views within Aviation Ministry ensures impasse on India-Dubai route seat addition issueAviation ministry officials, including minister Raju, feel that flying rights to Dubai should be increased as both sides have exhausted the...
26 Apr, 2017, 12.25 AM IST
Panel against auctioning of flying rights to neighbouring countriesCommittee of Secretaries rejects civil aviation ministry’s proposal on the ground that bilateral flying rights are treaties signed between ...
22 Feb, 2017, 12.09 AM IST