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Kharola said on Friday the ministry will create a transparent standard operating procedure (SOP) to allocate these rights on a temporary
"We had asked airlines to confirm their requirement of (domestic) slots and (international) traffic rightsTheir requests have been
speaking to reporters after holding a meeting -- which was focused on temporary allocation of foreign flying rights of Jet Airways -- Friday
morning with senior executives of the Indian airlines
The airfares have risen dramatically on many international routes since Jet Airways suspended its operations on April 17
The central government, therefore, is planning to allocate Jet Airways' international flying rights to other airlines such as IndiGo, Air
"Air India always gets (international flying rights) on priority, and we have given them a few routes," he added
He clarified that allocation of such rights would be temporary and subject to Jet Airways' revival
With Jet Airways out of picture, Air India remains the only airline in the country that has wide body aircraft to operate non-stop long-haul
therefore, each of them is trying to get maximum share of Jet Airways' foreign flying rights, a senior government official said on the
condition of anonymity.The official added the Centre has already allocated 480 domestic slots -- out of 750 that were vacated due to Jet
framework is signed between them that specifies the maximum number of passengers one country's airlines can fly to another per week
This weekly seat entitlement is termed as foreign flying rights
Once bilateral aviation framework is signed, both the countries are free to allocate foreign flying rights to their respective airline
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