Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets EU delegation to discuss FTA, other issues"Finance Minister Smt @nsitharaman and Mr @berndlange agreed that there is keenness to move ahead on India-EU negotiations with Bilateral I...
12 Apr, 2022, 09.38 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
Indian flyers could soon have cheaper options courtesy Chinese and Turkish airlinesIndian globetrotters will soon have more flight options from the increasingly popular and affordable Chinese carriers, and the widely-netwo...
14 Jun, 2017, 01.42 PM IST
Dubai seeks open sky policy for North EastUnion minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha confirmed having received the request and the government is yet to take a view on i...
12 Apr, 2017, 12.43 PM IST
Ministry of civil aviation turns down Dubai's request for increasing airline seat entitlementsIn the UAE, we have bilateral entitlements with Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, which is not equal,” said an airline executive, who did not w...
19 Feb, 2016, 01.49 AM IST
Edit: Don’t pamper airlines, make travel cheapGranting liberal bilateral rights to foreign airlines will raise competition and lower fares. However, it also impacts airlines and airport...
29 Dec, 2015, 06.53 AM IST
Emirates, Qatar may ask for more flying rightsThe recent grant of additional flying rights to Abu Dhabi may lead to similar demand being raised by other Gulf carriers like Emirates and ...
15 Jul, 2013, 07.17 AM IST
Extend the bilaterals, don't dump themPM asked a group of ministers comprising the ministers for finance, external affairs and civil aviation to examine the bilateral air servic...
03 Jul, 2013, 08.16 AM IST
Grant liberal bilateral rights to all regions for the benefit of Indian airportsAirlines and their host governments would applaud such a move to level the playing field. This is what India needs to do now, at the earlie...
27 Apr, 2013, 02.42 PM IST
- 80 pc of India's ASA rights remained unutilised in 2010-11
About 80 per cent of the total seat capacity of Indian carriers, as per the bilateral air service agreement with 109 countries.
14 Dec, 2011, 05.58 PM IST
- CAG's report on aviation strongly indicts the state ownership of airlines
CAG's report on civil aviation has tended to focus on the putative wrongs of the ministry in granting liberal bilateral rights to foreign a...
09 Sep, 2011, 05.25 AM IST
- Foreign airlines allowed to operate at cost of Air India
Congress has started training its guns on NCP leader Praful Patel for emasculating the national carriers during his tenure as the civil avi...
07 Aug, 2009, 02.54 AM IST
- India set to sign liberal aviation pact with EU
A liberal aviation pact between India and the European Union (EU) is on the cards, which will enable this as well as give EU carriers bette...
26 Jul, 2008, 02.07 AM IST
- India, EU to sign open skies pact
Indian carriers will get to operate a virtually unrestricted number of flights to European destinations like London, Paris and Frankfurt.
25 Jul, 2008, 03.24 AM IST
- Govt moves to stop damage claims on policy changes
While the government is raising the foreign direct investment (FDI) caps and plans to ease some restrictions of the Press Note 18, it is at...
30 Oct, 2004, 02.26 AM IST
- Govt to plug legal loopholes before lifting FDI caps
While the government is raising FDI caps and plans to ease some restrictions of the Press Note 18, it is also putting in place safeguards t...
29 Oct, 2004, 02.01 AM IST
- Policy on aviation bilaterals soon
The contentious issue of granting more landing rights to foreign carriers will be settled once and for all through a clear set of policy gu...
15 Jul, 2002, 06.49 AM IST