India hikes flying rights for Kuwait

NEW DELHI: India has enhanced the flying rights of Kuwait when it raised weekly seats to 18,000 per week between India and the Gulf nation from the earlier 12,000, a raise of 50%. Now, airlines of both sides can deploy 18,000 seats per week. The agreement was signed by India's aviation secretary Samir Kumar Sinha and Kuwait DGCA president Sheikh Hamoud Al-Mubarak. Kuwait gets more bilaterals after 18 years, when its capacity was raised from 8,320 to 12,000.With an increase in demand for travel, Kuwait, like several other regions especially in West Asia including Dubai has been seeking a hike in bilaterals. In the last one year, India has signed new air service agreements with Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Uzbekistan.