Aviation

IndiGo unhappy with Jet Airways' international flying rights allocation, writes to ministry, says report

Updated : June 21, 2019 09:17 AM IST

According to the report, IndiGo has written to the civil aviation ministry stating that the allocations were done in an arbitrary manner.

Expressing “dissatisfaction” over the allocations of Jet Airways' international flying rights, IndiGo said that appropriate procedures were not followed while allocating the routes to other airlines, reported The Hindu BusinessLine, citing sources.

According to the sources mentioned in the report, IndiGo has written to the civil aviation ministry stating that the allocations were done in an arbitrary manner.

IndiGo has also contested the industry's opinion that the allocation of Jet’s international flying rights had been done on the basis of how many flights an airline operates domestically and by how much the airline is planning to up its fleet size, the report said.

IndiGo, the paper added, is allowed to operate 84 additional international flights a week and is likely to launch more flights to Bangkok, Dubai, Doha, Dhaka and Kuwait.

Tata-Singapore Airline JV Vistara is set to begin its international operations in September-October. The report said the airline got the permission to fly 28 weekly flights, including a daily service from India to Bangkok and Dubai each and 14 services a week from India to Singapore.

When contacted by the paper, both Vistara and IndiGo declined to comment.

IndiGo unhappy with Jet Airways' international flying rights allocation, writes to ministry, says report

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