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Indian carriers chart internatio­nal skies

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While expanding their networks across India under the UDAN scheme, Indian carriers are also growing base internatio­nally and ensuring that Indians get the best of the entire world. Despite a delay in getting approval from Ministry of Civil Aviation - to ply on internatio­nal routes. While Vistara complied to the 20 aircraft rule under the National Civil Aviation Policy, it took time for the airline to get the go ahead to go internatio­nal. This added with SpiceJet getting IATA membership created just the right impression internatio­nally for Indian carriers, especially when clouds are getting dense over Jet Airways. Even up with Turkish Airlines. In the future, it is also said Myanmar and Saudi Arabia. This would open up many new routes for Indians travelling out of the country at much lower rates. However, with increasing airport costs and ATF, how much of low-cost travel is feasible for airlines still remains to be seen.

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