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India & Bangladesh Signed Revised MoU on
Air Services Agreement
New Delhi, February 15, 2008
With a view to have detailed discussions in matters
relating to the air services between the two countries, India
and Bangladesh delegations held bilateral air services
consultations on 11-13 February, 2008 in New Delhi.
The Indian delegation was led by Ashok Chawla, Secretary
(Civil Aviation). After detailed discussions both sides
reached an agreement and an MOU was signed between the two
sides. Both sides have agreed to further liberalize the
existing SAARC offer and all existing caps for the operations
of Bangladesh carriers to/from different points in India have
been removed.
Now, the designated airlines of each side are entitled to
operate 61 services per week in each direction to/from any
points in each other’s territory specified in the Route
Schedule with any type of aircraft, without any restriction or
capping.
Also, in order to facilitate tourism, the designation airlines
of both sides can operate any number of services to/from 18
tourist gateways in India viz. Patna, Lucknow, Guwahati, Gaya,
Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Khajuraho, Aurangabad, Goa, Jaipur,
Port Blair, Kochi, Trivandrum, Kozikode, Amritsar,
Visakhapatnam, Ahmedabad and Tiruchirapalli.
The Bangladesh side agreed to grant Sylhet in Bangladesh as an
additional point of call for the Indian designated carriers.
In order to enhance the air services operations and to make
the operations more commercially viable, the provision of
co-operative marketing arrangement has been agreed. Another
important outcome of these discussions is reflected in the
form an agreement on cargo operations where the designated
airlines of each side are entitled to operate 7 all–cargo
services per week between each other’s territory with any type
of aircraft.
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