Eighteen Tourist Destinations Under Air Services Agreement with Sri Lanka

New Delhi: Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri G.M. Siddeshwara informed the Rajya Sabha today that under existing bilateral agreement between India and Sri Lanka, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Madurai and Pune are available as points of calls for the designated carriers of Sri Landa. Other 18 tourist destinations including Patna, Lucknow, Guwahati, Gaya, Varanasi, Bhubneshwar, Khajuraho, Aurangabad, Goa, Jaipur, Port Blair, Cochin, Thiruvananthapuram, Calicut, Amritsar, Vishakapatnam, Ahmedabad and Tiruchi are also available as points of calls.

The operation of services on international sector depends on the air services agreement between the countries and is based on principles of sovereignty of nations, nationality of carriers and reciprocity in terms of commercial opportunity for the airlines of each side. While the Indian carriers are free to mount services from any point in India including Bhopal to international destinations available under bilateral agreements, foreign airlines can operate only on designated point of call available under bilateral agreement.

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