Avi min, Abu Dabhi to hold talks on enhancing traffic rights

Civil Aviation Ministry officials are likely to hold talks with the UAE government tomorrow on enhancing bilateral traffic rights between the two countries, official sources said.
"The talks (on bilateral agreement) with Abu Dhabi are taking place tomorrow," aviation ministry sources said here.
A joint-secretary rank official is leaving for Abu Dhabi tonight to hold discussions, they said.
The talks come close on the heels of private carrier Jet Airways seeking 41,000 additional seats on the sector in view of its proposed expansion plans.
Currently, all domestic carriers taken together are allowed to operate 13,300 seats per week on the India-Abu Dhabi route besides a two per cent operational flexibility as per the existing bilateral rights.

"As the capacity requirement is larger than those currently available under the existing bilateral agreement, we request for the initiation of bilateral talks with Abu Dhabi to enhance the same in order to meet these requirements," Jet had said in its application to the ministry recently while seeking grant of 41,000 seats.
Other domestic carriers have also sought massive expansion in seat capacities.
In all, India-Abu Dhabi bilateral needs to expand to 53,897 seats per week, Jet Airways had said.