The Government has granted traffic rights to Indian airlines on 17 new international routes since last May, including Kolkata-Guangzhou and Delhi-Tehran sectors.

Expressing hope that these rights would give a major boost to Indian carriers, Minister of State for Civil Aviation GM Siddeshwara said in the Lok Sabha that these rights were granted to private Indian airlines after considering the operational requirements of national carrier Air India.

The other sectors for which traffic rights have been granted since May 2013 include: Chandigarh-Dubai, Madurai-Dubai, Madurai-Kuala Lumpur, Bagdogra-Kathmandu, Hyderabad-Riyadh, Bangalore-Abu Dhabi, Hyderabad-Abu Dhabi, Ahmedabad-Abu Dhabi, Goa-Abu Dhabi, Lucknow-Abu Dhabi, Pune-Abu Dhabi, Bangalore-Tehran, Chennai-Doha, and Hyderabad-Doha.

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