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India, Japan set to boost air link
India and Japan have agreed to quadruple the number of flights between the two nations from the current level of 11 a week to 42.
Government sources said both the nations have also agreed to designate multiple carriers to operate flights between India and Japan, a move that would allow private airlines like Jet Airways and Air Sahara access to the land of the rising sun.
"This marks a revision of their bilateral aviation pact for the first time in 13 years," a source said. "Under this liberalised agreement, carriers from both nations can add more flights and even connect to more destinations within the two countries. Direct connections to Buddhist destinations like Bodh Gaya have also been proposed under the revised agreement."
The revised agreement would be presented to Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe during the meeting with Manmohan Singh. Sources said this is a step towards boosting business ties between the two Asian powers.
"Besides increasing connectivity between the two countries, the move will help in increasing competition and bring down international air fares on this route. Our experience with other international destinations have shown that air fares have dropped once the routes were opened up to more players. A similar nearly 15-20% drop in air fares can be expected by this liberalised arrangement with Japan," a source said.
Prior to this, India had eased air links with US, Britain and China.
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