PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Manchester Airport: Air Routes (16 May 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of opening a direct flight between Manchester Airport and (a) Mumbai and (b) New Delhi on (i) jobs, (ii) investment, (iii) tourism and (iv) higher education.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

DfT officials hold regular discussions with airlines, airports and international partners, including India, to facilitate global connectivity. Routes operated, and the flights on those routes, between the UK and India are a commercial decision made freely by airlines not by the Government. As this is a commercial decision, the DfT has not undertaken any assessment on the impact of a direct service.

Services between the UK and India currently operate under the terms of the UK-India Air Services Agreement (ASA) that has no restrictions on routes between New Delhi and Mumbai and Manchester airport.

Answered by:
Robert Courts (Conservative)
24 May 2022