UAE to revisit air services agreement with India in next 2 months

Emirates and Etihad Airways have over the past year continued to lobby India to allow them more flight slots, which won't be possible until the 2007 pact is revised

After nearly a year of demanding India revise its decade-old air services pact with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the country’s Ambassador to India Ahmed Abdul Rahman AlBanna on Monday said he expected talks to start within the next two months.

This will allow an increase in the number of flights between the two countries, which stand at 1,068 a week, with around 400 flights by UAE carriers and rest by Indian ones.

Emirates and Etihad Airways have over the past year continued to lobby India to allow them more flight slots, which won’t be possible until the 2007 pact