DGCA asks Russian airlines to continue flying to India

New Delhi, May 15 (UNI) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) today asked Russian carriers Aeroflot and Transco to continue flying to Indian destinations.

DGCA move comes after it received a communication from Russian authorities which stated that Air India and Jet Airways will not be refrained from overflying their territory.

Earlier in the day, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked Russian airlines Aeroflot and Transco to stop flying to Indian destinations.

Aeroflot, which already operates flights to Delhi and Mumbai from Moscow, had recently planned to start flights to other Indian cities as well. The cities on the airline's radar were Kolkata, Bangalore, Amritsar and Ahmedabad.

The airline also wanted to increase the number of weekly flights to the two gateway airports of Delhi and Mumbai.

Recently, the DGCA asked Malaysian Airlines to explain why a similar ban should not be imposed on it as AI Express and Air Sahara have been experiencing difficulties in the southeast Asian country.

India is awaiting the response from Malaysian authorities, sources said.

UNI