Air India, now owned by the Tata Group, will no longer enjoy a priority in the allocation of international traffic rights after privatisation of the national carrier. This comes after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) dropped the clause which gave the former State-owned airline an advantage over other private airlines in its revised guideline issues on April 19.
Air India had preferential access to bilateral rights, which are granted under air services agreements signed between two countries — as it was a government-owned national carrier.
DGCA’s revised guidelines are about an airline’s eligibility criteria to apply for traffic rights, procedure for allocation,
