Gulf Airlines
Gulf airlines edge past Air India again as post-Covid flying picks up
Air India's dwindling market share is significant as the Tata-owned airline is reported to induct about 200 more planes in what is being billed as one of the largest aircraft orders in Indian aviation
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SpiceJet inks codeshare flight agreement with Gulf Air to expand reach
The scope of MoU also includes collaboration in the field of pilot training, coordinated cargo and engineering services
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Gulf flag-carriers see manifold jump in entitlements in 2017
Gulf carriers enjoy about 54% of total global air travel destination for the country
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Indian carriers accuse Emirates, flydubai of violating bilateral agreement
Indian airlines have complained that Gulf airlines are flying more seats into the country than allowed under the bilateral treaty between the two countries. The aviation ministry has asked regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to inspect the claim following which the ministry can take action. This comes as negotiations are on to increase seat entitlements of DubaiDocuments reviewed by Business Standard shows that the Indian airlines have said that the Gulf airlines are flying 5000 excess seats per week in each direction which is a violation of the bilateral agreement. "Based on schedules published in Innovata which is a global flight schedule database capacity deployed by designated airlines of Dubai to and from India has been much in excess of the 66,504 seats even after including the 2 percent flexibility, since November 2014 even though their schedule filing with the Indian DGCA has been that," the letter sent by the airline said. Business Standard has reviewed a ..
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