Air pockets in bilateral agreements

The civil aviation ministry's policy on bilateral seat-sharing agreements with other governments flies in the face of logic and consistency. Here's why. In May, it granted Abu Dhabi a four-fold increase in seat capacity over three years ostensibly to help Indian consumers and teach Indian carriers to compete. In June, ministry officials said similar requests by other countries and their carriers, notably Dubai and Qatar (for Doha), to expand their capacity into India would be on hold till at least November...

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