News By/Courtesy: TEJAS SHIVALKAR | 24 Jun 2020 11:08am IST

Air India has banned its repatriation plane after been accused of being unfair and taking discriminatory action. The United States Department of Transport has cut repatriation flights. To order to operate these services, Air India would also need separate DOT authorization.

It has said that the Indian Government has prevented US carriers from performing passenger charter operations between India and the United States involving direct selling or other distribution systems for individual passengers. "For its part, however, the U.S. has not limited charter operations between the US and India and Air India is and remains free to carry out the complete extension of passenger charter services ...," the order said.

However, the order stated that the repatriation flights from Air India had at least extended past "Asia in the US parts," with sales to all representatives of the public willing to reach the United States.

According to the Order, on 19 May, the US DOT official told Air India that some, if not all, of 'Air India's charters of evacuation went beyond true evacuation and included selling to every public member who is willing to come to the US.'

On 26 May Delta Air Lines, by letter, asked for permission to provide repatriation charter services close to the ones operated by Air India from the Indian Ministry for Civil Aviation. To date, Delta has not been licensed for the repatriation charters required, the US DOT said.

The US also had its objections reported with the Indian administration on a US Embassy in New Delhi on 28 May. The Indian administration has, however, "has so far failed to correct the situation," said the Order.

The US DOT has "established the need to scrutinize Air India's passenger charter operations on a case-by-case basis until this matter is satisfactorily resolved."

It has ordered that all Air India repatriation flights should be approved beforehand so that the US government can carry out that scrutiny.

Civil aviation freedoms include several privileges given to airlines in one nation to access or land in airports or airports in another nation.

There are nine freedoms of the sea, according to the International Organization for Civil Aviation (ICAO), a UN specialist body. In general, these rights work on a bilateral basis. For certain situations, though, there are other limitations in addition to the capacities permitted between countries.

The US administration has demanded restrictions on India's third and fourth freedoms. The fundamental freedoms permit international basic service between the two countries. The third privilege provides the ability for an aviation corporation to ship passengers or freight from its country of origin to another, whilst the fourth liberty permits it to send passengers or freight to its country of origin.

THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT INTEND TO HURT THE SENTIMENTS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY, SECT, OR RELIGION ETCETERA. THIS ARTICLE IS BASED PURELY ON THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL VIEWS AND OPINIONS IN THE EXERCISE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT GUARANTEED UNDER ARTICLE 19(1)(A) AND OTHER RELATED LAWS BEING FORCE IN INDIA, FOR THE TIME BEING.

Section Editor: Pushpit Singh | 26 Jun 2020 11:14am IST


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