'Lack of international flying rights puts Akasa at a disadvantage'
Akasa Air said a freeze on international flying rights has stifled its growth due to inability to mount flights to lucrative destinations in the Middle East.
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International flying rights between two nations are allocated on a bilateral reciprocal basis by governments to their respective airlines. Airlines cannot operate more flights than their assigned capacity.
Akasa, in a letter to the civil aviation ministry last week, said unavailability of international flying rights puts them at a competitive disadvantage to incumbents like IndiGo and Air India who have cornered most of the existing rights. ET has reviewed a copy of the letter.
India and UAE have region-specific separate agreements with the four emirates—Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
While both Indian and Gulf carriers have exhausted their flying rights for Dubai and Sharjah airports, and is near to achieving full utilisation at Abu Dhabi, the government is unwilling to hold fresh talks despite requests from foreign carriers.
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