India Signs MoUs with six countries in the International Civil Aviation Negotiations
India Signs MoUs with six
countries in the International Civil Aviation Negotiations
ICAN
(International Civil Aviation Negotiations),2015 was held in Antalya, Turkey from
19th to 23rdOctober,2015. The Conference was
attended by 106 countries out of ICAO membership of 191 countries
2.
The Indian delegation representing Ministry of Civil Aviation participated in
the Conference and negotiated with the delegations from 11 countries. During
these negotiations,“Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)” was signed with
six countries namely Finland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Sweden, Norway &Denmark,
Oman and Ethiopia and “Agreed Minutes”with Serbia, Greece, European
Commission and “Record of Discussions” with Brunei Darussalam
and Qatar.
3.
The main features of the negotiations are as under:-
OMAN
A MoU was signed with Oman whereby, additional 5131 seats were
granted taking the total capacity entitlements from 16018 seats per week to
21149 seats per week for both sides.
KAZAKHSTAN
The two sides
agreed to review the initialled Air Services Agreement (ASA) as per the latest
Article 11 given by the Indian side. Third country airlines code share
and domestic code share operations to four points was also agreed to by both
sides.
KENYA
The two sides
signed aMoU, whereby the capacity entitlements have been increased from
14 frequencies for each side to 21 additional frequencies and Hyderabad was
allowed as an additional point of call for the designated carriers of
Kenya. Domestic code share was agreed to from any 4 points by both
sides. Kenya agreed to grant one additional point, intermediate and
beyond point with full 5th freedom rights in Africa to India.
ETHIOPIA
A MoU was
signed between both the sides by capacity entitlements were increased from the
existing 21 frequencies per week to 28 frequencies per week for both
sides. Ethiopia was allowed to exchange Bangalore in place of Kolkata as
a point of call. Three additional domestic code share points exclusively
to code share with Air India were granted namely Jaipur, Kolkata and
Pune.
FINLAND
An MoU was
signed with Finland by which the provisions namely code share, intermodal
services, routing flexibility and open sky on cargo, which are mandatory
requirement of Horizontal Agreement coming into force were agreed to by
Finland. Further domestic code share was agreed to on 5 points in the
territory of both parties. The domestic code share points for the
designated airline of Finland are Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and
Kolkata. For the designated airlines of India, these additional points would
be specified by India at a later date.
SWEDEN, NORWAY AND
DENMARK
A MoU was
entered into by both the parties by which 4 provisions namely, code shares,
intermodal, routing flexibility and open sky on cargo, which is a mandatory
requirement of Horizontal Agreement coming into force was agreed to by the
three Scandinavian countries. India accepted Norway’s request to bring
Norway-India bilateral in line with Horizontal Agreement on receiving a letter
to this effect from European Council. Sweden allowed India another a new
point namely Gothenburg for code share operations.
4.
The Indian delegation also met the delegations from Greece, Serbia, Qatar,
European Inion, and Brunei Darussalam and discussed about expansion of air
services between India and these countries.
5.
The above negotiations would enhance the international air connectivity from
India and would offer the passenger wider choice and seamless connectivity.
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