Moreover, private airlines like Jet and Sahara, too, can plan their foray into America. The pact, in fact, could help Indian carriers more than American ones. This is because apart from Continental - which is planning to start a direct flight between Delhi and New York - other American airlines, like United and American Airlines, are riddled with problems and are unlikely to expand. Briefing newspersons, Patel said India has been operating 28 flights a week and the US, 14. Now the “fifth freedom traffic’’— a phrase in civil aviation to signify unrestricted flying to intermediate points — would be available to all, he said. It would help India wean away traffic now being taken by airlines of third countries.
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