GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 1st August. Any designated foreign airline can operate to/from a point in India if it is designated as a point of call in the bilateral Air Services Agreement (ASA) signed between India and the country which has designated the airline.
India has signed ASAs with 116 foreign countries.
Indian designated carriers are free to mount scheduled operations to/from any international airport, including Kannur International Airport, under the ambit of bilateral ASAs concluded by India with foreign countries.
Currently, due to significant imbalance in the number of points of call-in favour of foreign carriers, the Government of India is not granting any non-metro airport as a new point of call to any foreign carrier for the purpose of operating passenger services.
In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) provided this information.
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