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India's 'go slow' on Turkey, Malaysia ties likely to affect IndiGo, AirAsia

Turkish Airline has a code-share pact with IndiGo, AirAsia owns 49% in AirAsia India

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A code-share agreement allows two airlines to sell seats on each others’ flights in order to provide passengers with a wider choice of destinations.

Arindam Majumder New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : Oct 22 2019 | 2:40 AM IST

The unintended consequence of comments made by the head of states of Turkey and Malaysia will impact two airlines of India — IndiGo and AirAsia India.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had heavily criticised India’s move to revoke special status to Jammu & Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution in their speeches at last month’s UN General Assembly.

Sources said that as part of its reaction to the comments by Erdogan and Mohamad, India’s civil aviation ministry has been instructed not to consider requests by Turkey to expand the country’s request for increasing bilateral

Topics : Article 370 Air Asia India Kashmir conflict Jammu Kashmir crisis Airline IndiGo

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