Govt likely to allot Jet Airways' overseas traffic rights to other airlines

Traffic rights or seat entitlements on overseas routes are exchanged between governments of respective countries through Air Service Agreements

Domestic airlines have sought the government’s nod to start flights to Dubai, Singapore and other destinations using traffic rights held by Jet Airways. The civil aviation ministry is considering the request and has asked the airlines for their requirement and capacity deployment plans.

Jet Airways suspended operations on April 17. The airline had daily flights to Europe, South East Asia and West Asia and the grounding has resulted in reduction of capacity and increase of fares on international routes. These traffic rights are now unutilised.

On Friday, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola met representatives of domestic airlines, including Air