The Indian civil aviation ministry has confirmed that it will hold fresh bilateral negotiations to "explore enhancing additional traffic rights" with destinations where "existing traffic rights have almost got exhausted". Destinations also targeted are Singapore, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The move is surprising since last year a government audit claimed that the ministry had allowed Arabian Gulf airlines additional traffic rights to the detriment of Air India.
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