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Oman Air hopes India sticks to open sky policy favouring nearby countries

Policy will allow airlines from countries within 5,000 km to have unlimited number flights to India

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Arindam Majumder New Delhi
The Union government’s promise of liberalising India’s flying rights policy has excited the Gulf airlines as they expect an open sky that will help them get more seats. 

Oman Air on Thursday said the airline was hoping that Indian government would stick to its stated position of following an open sky policy with countries which are located less than 5,000km from India. This will allow the airlines from other countries to operate as many flights. 

“The Indian government mentioned to open the skies beyond 5,000km. It announced that the next step will be to have (open skies) within 5,000km. Oman is located