NEWS| Gulf carriers will be given more routes: Praful Patel

India is ready to give Gulf carriers more routes and seats provided its airlines are given the same on the lucrative India-UAE route, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said.
Various Gulf carriers are seeking access to more cities as well as increased seats but "we have asked them to give more seats to us since there are more Indian carriers now seeking rights to fly to this sector," he said in an interview here.



"We are ready to give more seats for all Gulf carriers (Ethihad in the UAE, Emirates, Qatar Airways), provided our carriers also get more," he added.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation had in September approved traffic rights to Jet Airways on India-Gulf/Middle East routes from January 1, 2008. Jet can then fly to Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar.

PTI/The Hindu