Rajiv Bansal, secretary, ministry of civil aviation, confirmed the development that the US wants to ban the landing of Air India planes using Russian airspace.
US carriers are lobbying with the state administration to not allow foreign carriers including Air India, which are using the Russian airspace, to land at US airports as they feel disadvantaged on fares and flying time.
The US carriers say they are facing loss of business to Indian, Chinese and Gulf carriers which use the Russian a...
