Friday, November 15, 2013

AIR TRAVEL ON LTC AND OFFICIAL TOUR BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES – GENERAL RELAXATION TO TRAVEL BY PRIVATE AIRLINES WHEN AIR INDIA FLIGHTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE

No. AV.18011/05/2012-AI
Government of India/Bharat Sarkar
Ministry of Civil Aviation/ Nagar Vimanan Mantralaya
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport
New Delhi-110003, dated : 27.09.2013
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Air Travel on official account — Relaxation of government instructions regarding.

Ministry of Finance (MoF) vide O.M. No. 19024/1/2009-E.IV dated 13.7.2009 (Click here to get this Office Memorandum) inter alia envisaged that in all cases of air travel, both domestic and international, where the Government of India bears the cost of air passage, the officials concerned may travel only by Air India. For travel to stations not connected by Air India, the officials may travel by Air India to the hub/ point closest to their eventual destination, beyond which they may utilize the services of another airline etc. Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) vide O.M. No.31011/2/2006- Estt.(A) dated 27th July, 2009 (Click here to get this Office Memorandum) had extended the applicability of the MoF’s instructions for LTC purposes. MoF directed that in all cases of deviation of above instructions etc. individual cases be referred to the Ministry of Civil Aviation for relaxation.
2. Ministry of Civil Aviation has been receiving a number of requests for consideration of blanket/ general permission on routes where Air India does not provide service. The matter has been examined in this Ministry in consultation with MoF, D/o Expenditure, DGCA and Air India and it has been decided to extend general/ blanket relaxation to travel by airlines other than Air India for official purposes/ LTC or TA on sectors where Air India does not provide service as given in Annexure-I, subject to condition that whenever Air India or its subsidiaries start operating on any sector(s) given in Annexure-I, this sanction shall become null and void for that particular sector(s) for the period of operation of flights by Air India or its subsidiaries on that sector(s) or until further orders/ updation on routes.
3. 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 authorised 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 37 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.
4. As per MoF, D/o Expenditure’s instructions, individual cases for relaxation for sectors/city pairs not covered in Annexure-I, may continue to be sent to Ministry of Civil Aviation for obtainingrelaxation/ approval.
Encl.-Annexure-I
sd/-
(Deepak Israni)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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