India and New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation in civil aviation. This will cover the scheduling of new routes, codeshare services, traffic rights, and capacity entitlement. The MoU was signed by Civil Aviation Secretary, Rajiv Bansal and the New Zealand High Commissioner  David Pine in New Delhi.
 
On the occasion, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Minister for Trade and Export Growth  Damien O’Connor of New Zealand were also present. 
 
According to the MoU, the designated airlines of New Zealand may operate any number of services with any type of aircraft, with third and fourth freedom traffic rights to and from six points in India, namely New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.  The designated airlines of India may operate any number of services with any type of aircraft with third and fourth freedom traffic rights to and from Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. Three more points in New Zealand to be named by the Government of  India.
 
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Scindia said that today is an important day for Civil Aviation air services between India and New Zealand. He said, both the countries have signed an MoU that has opened the possibilities of furthering of air transport between them. He added that the open sky policy has been put in place and the point of calls has been increased.