Airliners-India.com

[nadarji]

Courtesy - BasilBaby @ SSCI

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=81551

International air connectivity of India to improve substantially
Ministry of Civil Aviation decides to open new routes for national and other Indian scheduled carriers
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has decided to open 11 new International Sectors under Bilateral Air Services Agreements (ASAs) to the national carrier Air India as well as to other Indian Scheduled Carriers. These Sectors are: Mumbai-Dar-es-Salaam Delhi-Guangzhou; Delhi-Yangon ; Delhi-Tashkent; Delhi-Ho-Chi-Minh City; Delhi-Hanoi ; Delhi-Almaty Delhi-Macao ; Delhi-Addis Ababa ; Delhi-Melbourne; Delhi-Sydney .

Ch Ajit Singh, the Union Minister of Civil Aviation has earlier reviewed the utilization of traffic rights under bilateral and has decided to allow the Indian Scheduled Carriers including Air India to utilize the bilateral till such time they reach the maximum permissible limit under Air Service Agreements (ASAs). While finalizing the Guidelines to ensure optimum utilization of Traffic Rights and Bilaterals, it was agreed that Air India’s operational plan would receive due consideration in allocation of the traffic rights and entitlements.

With this, the Services of Air India (AI) and Air India Express (AIE) will increase from 430 services per week during winter 2011 to 471 services per week in summer 2012. These services will include increase of services from 94 to 109 on the Dubai sector, from 39 to 47 in Abu Dhabi sector, from 33 to 49 services in Sharjah sector, from 12 to 21 services in Doha sector and from 42 to 48 services in Saudi Arabia sector. The services of Air India and Air India Express will further increase from 471 services per week in summer 2012 to 577 in winter 2012.

Similarly other Indian Scheduled Airlines have been allocated seats under bilateral agreement to fly on various international routes in summer and winter 2012. With these, Spice Jet will run 98 services per week in summer and 90 services per week in winter, Jet Airways will get to run 102 services per week in summer and 98 services per week in winter and Indigo 84 services per week in summer and 35 services per week in winter. This is in addition to their existing allocation.

This is a major step taken by Union Civil Aviation Minister Ch. Ajit Singh to ameliorate the already stressed sector and to make air travel more affordable to people.

[jasepl]

Half of these have been served by Indian carriers in the past, so I don't know what the big deal is. The other half were or still are connected to India by a foreign carrier.

Turns out, the only one of those eleven where a desi airline can make work immeditely is the sole new destination: Macau.

Surprise, surprise.
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[nadarji]

I guess the 1st part is bilateral enhancement, and the second part is additional rights on existing bilaterals.

[Jaysit]

[jasepl]

Yep.

Still we have all the noise made about the (imaginary) barriers the ministry has erected that prevents them from flying to [insert any destination here].

When it comes down to it, all the desi airlines want to fly to more or less the same handful of places from the same point of Indian origin. It's a lemming-like procession.
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[justbala]

[nadarji]

I guess with the allocation of more international rights, expansion in international routes will also reduce the amount of new domestic capacity, which would help all airlines.

[jasepl]

[nadarji]

I guess the article is a bit misleading with the the Almaty - Macau part to start.

The last para has this:

"Similarly other Indian Scheduled Airlines have been allocated seats under bilateral agreement to fly on various international routes in summer and winter 2012. With these, Spice Jet will run 98 services per week in summer and 90 services per week in winter, Jet Airways will get to run 102 services per week in summer and 98 services per week in winter and Indigo 84 services per week in summer and 35 services per week in winter. This is in addition to their existing allocation. "

These cannot be to just the expanded bilaterals - Its 284 weekly additional international rights in Summer 2012 + another 233 for the winter schedule. And thats not counting AI/IX.

[jasepl]

I didn't think it was too confusing (unless I misread the whole thing, which is entirely possible!).

The first part talks about "new" routes that are now available.

The second part is specific to the Middle Eastern routes and lists out additional frequencies granted.

It is certainly sloppy writing though. But it's gobermint of India...
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[avbuff]

Now, let's see if 9W launches DEL - CDG, DEL - JFK BOM - NBO/CGK and all other routes which they have been begging all these years and have not got.