Air Travel on official account-relaxation of Government instructions regarding

Air Travel on official account-relaxation of Government instructions regarding

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29.04.2014

No. AN/XIV/19015/Govt. Orders/2014

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A copy of Government of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Office Memorandum No. AV.18011/05/2012 – AI dated 27/02/2014 on the above subject is forwarded herewith for your information, guidance and necessary action please.

No. AV.18011/05/2012-AI
Government of India
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan,
Safdarjung Airport
New Delhi.

Dated: 27th February, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Air Travel on official account – relaxation of government instructions regarding.

In continuation of this Ministry’s O.M. of even number dated: 27.09.2013 granting general/blanket relaxation to travel by airlines other than Air India for official purpose/LTC or TA on 37 sectors, where AI does not provide services as per given Annexure – I, of the above said O.M. it has been decided to include another 26 sectors where Air India presently does not provide services as per enclosed Annexure – II, (37+26= 63 routes) subject to condition that whenever Air India or its subsidiaries start operating on any sector(s) given in Annexure-I or/and Annexure-II, this sanction shall become null and void for that particular sector(s) for the period of operation of flights. Air India or its subsidiaries on that sector(s) or until further orders/ updation on routes.

2. The purchase of air ticket would be continued as per Ministry of Finance’s O.M. No.19024/1/2009-E.IV dated 16.09.2010 i.e. (a) either from AI’s website or booking counter or (b) through government authorized travel agents namely M/s Balmer & Lawrie & Co., M/s Ashok Travel & Tours, and IRCTC (to the extent IRCTC is authorized as per DoP&T OM No.31011/6/2002-Estt.(A) dt.02.12.09). Before booking a ticket, the updated routes available on Air India’s official web-site [airindia.com] be consulted for operation of any AI flight or its subsidiaries flight on any of 63 routes and obtain a printout of it, for settling T.A claim. While settling the T.A. claim, the officer/official concerned would also give an undertaking that the ticket(s) have been bought at the lowest fare available on the day of booking.

3. As per MoF. D/o Expenditure’s instructions, individual cases for relaxation for sectors/city pairs not covered in Annexure-I and Annexure-II, may continue to be sent to Ministry of Civil Aviation for obtaining relaxation/ approval.

Encl.: Annexure-I, Annexure-II

(Amit Ghoshal)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tel: 24610364

Annexure-I

Sl. No.	Sectors
01 02 03	Ahmedabad – Pune – Ahmedabad Ahmedabad – Jaipur – Ahmedabad Ahmedabad – Indore – Ahmedabad
04 05	Bangalore – Coimbatore – Bangalore Bangalore – Vishakhapatnam – Bangalore
06 07 08	Chennai – Coimbatore – Chennai Chennai – Tuticorin – Chennai Chandigarh – Srinagar – Chandigarh
09 10	Guwahati – Dibrugarh – Guwahati Guwahati – Bagdogra – Guwahati
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Hyderabad – Bhubaneswar – Hyderabad Hyderabad – Bhopal – Hyderabad Hyderabad – Cochin – Hyderabad Hyderabad – Coimbatore – Hyderabad Hyderabad – Nagpur – Hyderabad Hyderabad – Rajamundry – Hyderabad Hyderabad – Raipur – Hyderabad Hubli – Bangalore – Hubli
19 20	Jaipur – Jammu – Jaipur Jaiput – Hyderabad – Jaipur
21 22	Kolkata – Raipur – Kolkata Kolkata – Visakhapatnam – Kolkata
23 24	Lucknow – Patna – Lucknow Lucknow – Kolkata – Lucknow
25 26 27 28 29 30 31	Mumbai – Bhuj – Mumbai Mumbai – Diu – Mumbai Mumbai – Nanded – Mumbai Mumbai – Porbanndar – Mumbai Mumbai – Jabalpur – Mumbai Mumbai – Pune – Mumbai Mumbai – Vadodara – Mumbai
32 33 34 35 36	Nagpur – Kolkata – Nagpur Nagpur – Hyderabad – Nagpur Nagpur – Pune – Nagpur Nagpur – Bangalore – Nagpur Nagpur – Indore – Nagpur
37	Varanasi – Kolkata – Varanasi

 

Annexure-II

Sl. No.	Sectors
1 2	Agartala-Guwahati-Agartala Amritsar-Srinagar-Amritsar
3 4 5 6 7	Bhopal-Raipur-Bhopal Bangalore-Tuticorin-Bangalore Bangalore-Raipur-Bangalore Bangalore-Pondicherry-Bangalore Bangalore-Belgaum-Bangalore
8 9 10 11	Chennai-Kozhikode-Chennai Chennai-Rajamundry-Chennai Chennai-Tiruchirapali-Chennai Chennai-Vishakhapatnam-Chennai
12	Delhi-Gorakhpur-Delhi
13	Guwahati-Aizawl-Guwahati
14 15	Hyderabad-Indore-Hyderabad Hyderabad-Pondicherry-Hyderabad
16 17	Indore-Nagpur-Indore Indore-Bangalore-Indore
18 19	Jorhat-Guwahati-Jorhat Jorhat-Kolkata-Jorhat
20 21 22 23	Mumbai-Hubli-Mumbai Mumbai-Surat-Mumbai Mumbai-Belgaum-Mumbai Mumbai-Bhavnagar-Mumbai
24	Patna-Ranchi-Patna
25 26	Varanasi-Kolkata-Varanasi Varanasi-Lucknow-Varanasi

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