New Delhi (NVI): The Union Cabinet has granted ex-post facto dispensation to Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, to commence international flights between India and Sri Lanka.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the decision in this regard today.
A special dispensation is allowed for the interim period till Alliance Air deploys a minimum of 20 aircraft or 20 per cent of total capacity, whichever is higher for domestic operations, the government said in a statement today.
The Cabinet observed that India has close bilateral ties with Sri Lanka and India’s interest is to increase connectivity and to expand people to people contacts between the two countries.
Prior to this approval, there was no commercial operation scheduled from Palaly and Batticaloa airports.
