New Delhi: India will make availability of airport slots for its airlines part of bilateral seat-sharing talks with other nations. Indian airlines have complained about lack of preferred slots in busy airports like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. "There is a consensus in the ministry that we need to be more vocal about our carriers," said an official in the civil aviation ministry.
Indian airlines complain not having slots in foreign airports hampers their scheduling, curbing the viability of overseas operations.
"Dubai is a slot-constrained airport and our airlines have spoken about difficulties in getting slots there. This issue will be a part of the bilateral discussions we have with Dubai," Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Nayan Choubey told a newspaper on Thursday.
Dubai is seeking 50,000 additional seats to India. The government is inclined to allow more seats because Indian airlines had used 98 per cent of their quota by the end of June.
To Read the News in Full 01/09/16 Arindam Majumder/Business Standard
Indian airlines complain not having slots in foreign airports hampers their scheduling, curbing the viability of overseas operations.
"Dubai is a slot-constrained airport and our airlines have spoken about difficulties in getting slots there. This issue will be a part of the bilateral discussions we have with Dubai," Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Nayan Choubey told a newspaper on Thursday.
Dubai is seeking 50,000 additional seats to India. The government is inclined to allow more seats because Indian airlines had used 98 per cent of their quota by the end of June.
To Read the News in Full 01/09/16 Arindam Majumder/Business Standard
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