Air India's ‘first right' to fly overseas routes blocks private airlines' plans

Air India's first right to fly overseas is coming in the way of attempts by private airlines to fly on more overseas routes. Existing laws give Air India the first right of refusal on overseas routes as it is the national carrier. Flights between two countries are determined by air services bilaterals which are exchanged between two sovereign nations. So, the number of flights between, say, the US and India are determined by the bilaterals that the governments of these two countries sign.

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