The air carrier first stopped the Srinagar-Sharjah flight on March 27 “due to lack of bilateral rights”, which are given under the air services agreement signed between two countries to operate scheduled international passenger flights.
Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the first Go First Srinagar to Sharjah fight on October 23 last year. The flight connected the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir with the United Arab Emirates after almost 11 years of hiatus. The flight had been operating these flights until March 26 under the bilateral air bubble agreement between India and the
According to PTI, Go First got the bilateral rights to operate five flights per week on the Srinagar-Sharjah-Srinagar route.
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“We will restart flights on this route in the next few days. However, the frequency is yet to be decided,” a Go First spokesperson told PTI.
The number of flights operated and the total number of seats allowed per week is also decided in the bilateral agreement between nations.
Even after such flying rights have been secured, an airline must have slots at both the airports in order to start scheduled flight operations.