Qatar Airways seeks govt nod to operate additional flights to India

The grounding of the Jet Airways has led to reduction in capacity and higher fares on international routes

Qatar Airways hopes to operate additional flights to India after the civil aviation ministry decided to temporarily withdraw traffic rights held by Jet Airways. Jet, which suspended operations on April 17, used to operate double daily flights from Mumbai and Delhi to Doha.

The grounding of the airline has led to reduction in capacity and higher fares on international routes. The civil aviation ministry has withdrawn rights held by Jet on routes like Dubai, Doha, Singapore, Hong Kong and London on request from domestic airlines. Qatar Airways said it had made a formal submission to the central government to allow additional