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Bhutanese airline permitted to fly to more cities

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NEW DELHI: India and Bhutan on Thursday agreed to increase the frequencies of the designated services operating between the two countries from existing 12 to 49 a week without any limitation on seats. The cap of 1,020 seats a week has also been removed, an official spokesperson said here.

In addition to Delhi, Kolkata and Gaya, to which the Bhutanese airline, Druk Air, had landing rights, the carrier can now also fly to Mumbai, Chennai and Guwahati. The Bhutanese airlines is now entitled to seven flights a week to all these points of call, while it can operate 14 flights a week to Gaya. At present, Druk Air is operating three services a week to Delhi (via Kathmandu) and five services to Kolkata (with onward rights to Bangkok). No Indian carrier is operating to Bhutan.

This enhancement in services was agreed upon during a bilateral air services meeting between delegations of two countries held at Thimphu on July 5 and 6. The Indian delegation was led by Joint Secretary in Civil Aviation, Raghu Menon, along with representatives from the Ministry of External Affairs.

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