Significant imbalance in number of points of call in favour of foreign carriers: Civil aviation minister

The civil aviation ministry on Monday said that overseas airlines are not being granted any non-metro airport as a new point of call in the country due to “significant imbalance in the number of points of call in favour of foreign carriers”.

Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh made the remarks in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. He was responding to a question on whether the government will review the present bilateral policy facilitating foreign airlines to Kannur International Airport in Kerala.