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03/08/22 05:41 AM IST

India has signed Bilateral Air Service Agreement with 116 countries

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  • India has signed a bilateral air service agreement with 116 countries including neighbouring Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan along with the US, UK, UAE etc.
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  • Any designated foreign airline can operate to/from a point in India if it is designated as a point of call in the bilateral Air Services Agreement (ASA) signed between India and the country which has designated the airline.
  • Indian designated carriers are free to mount scheduled operations to/from any international airport, including Kannur International Airport, under the ambit of bilateral ASAs concluded by India with foreign countries.
Freedom of Air 
  • The freedom of air means a country grants airlines of a particular country the privilege to use and/or land in another country’s airspace.
  • Freedom of air rule emanates from the Chicago Convention in 1944.
  • First Freedom Right: It is granted by one State to another State or States to fly across its territory without landing.
    In the case of the GoFirst flight (Indian carrier) was using the airspace of Pakistan (the second country) and was landing in the UAE (the third country).
  • Second Freedom Right: The right or privilege, in respect of scheduled international air services, granted by one State to another State or States to land in its territory for non-traffic purposes.
  • Third Freedom Right: To put down, in the territory of the first State, traffic coming from the home State of the carrier.
  • Fourth Freedom Right: To take on, in the territory of the first State, traffic destined for the home State of the carrier.
  • Fifth Freedom Right: To put down and to take on, in the territory of the first State, traffic coming from or destined to a third State.
Source- PIB 

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