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AVIATION WEEK

Sep 09 , 2011

By Marilyn Gerlach and Peter Maushagen/Reuters
FRANKFURT
India has refused to grant New Delhi landing rights for Lufthansa’s Airbus A380, a German daily said on Friday.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported in a pre-release of its Saturday edition that the Indian government’s decision apparently was made because the Star Alliance, of which Lufthansa is a member, had rejected Air India’s bid to become a Star Alliance member.

It said Star Alliance last month decided to turn down the request of state-owned Air India to become a member because of the latter’s weak financial situation.

The report said the denial of landing rights would be a blow to Lufthansa’s ambition to expand its flight offers to India.

A spokesman for Lufthansa said the landing rights issue should not be linked to Star Alliance’s decision on Air India, saying other airlines have also been unsuccessful so far in obtaining the right to land some of their aircraft in New Delhi.

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Photo credit: Lufthansa

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