Air Travel on TA-LTC (Official Account) — relaxation of government instructions: Min Civ Aviation OM
Source: http://civilaviation.gov.in OM regarding Relaxation in Air Travel
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 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 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 obtaining relaxation/ approval.
Encl.-Annexure-I
sd/-
(Deepak Israni)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Annexure-I
| Sl. No. | Sectors |
| 01 | Ahmedabad — Pune- Ahmedabad |
| 02 | Ahmedabad- Jaipur- Ahmedabad |
| 03 | Ahmedabad- Indore- Ahmedabad |
| 04 | Bangalore-Coimbatore- Bangalore |
| 05 | Bangalore- Vishakhapatnam —Bangalore |
| 06 | Chennai-Coimbatore- Chennai |
| 07 | Chennai-Tuticorin-Chennai |
| 08 | Chandigarh- Srinagar-Chandigarh |
| 09 | Guwahati - Dibrugarh- Guwahati |
| 10 | Guwahati —Bagdogra- Guwahati |
| 11 | Hyderabad-Bhubaneswar- Hyderabad |
| 12 | Hyderabad- Bhopal- Hyderabad |
| 13 | Hyderabad-Cochin- Hyderabad |
| 14 | Hyderabad-Coimbatore- Hyderabad |
| 15 | Hyderabad-Nagpur- Hyderabad |
| 16 | Hyderabad- Rajamundry- Hyderabad |
| 17 | Hyderabad- Raipur- Hyderabad |
| 18 | Hubli- Bangalore- Hubli |
| 19 | Jaipur-Jammu- Jaipur |
| 20 | Jaipur-Hyderabad-Jaipur |
| 21 | Kolkata- Raipur- Kolkata |
| 22 | Kolkata-Visakha satnam-Kolkata |
| 23 | Lucknow- Patna- Lucknow |
| 24 | Lucknow-Kolkata-Lucknow |
| 25 | Mumbai- Bhuj- Mumbai |
| 26 | Mumbai-Diu- Mumbai |
| 27 | Mumbai-Nanded- Mumbai |
| 28 | Mumbai-Porbandar- Mumbai |
| 29 | Mumbai- Jabalpur- Mumbai |
| 30 | Mumbai-Pune- Mumbai |
| 31 | Mumbai — Vadodara- Mumbai |
| 32 | Nagpur-Kolkata- Nagpur |
| 33 | Nagpur-Hyderabad- Nagpur |
| 34 | Nagpur-Pune- Nagpur |
| 35 | Nagpur-Bangalore- Nagpur |
| 36 | Nagpur-Indore- Nagpur |
| 37 | Varanasi-Kolkata-Varanasi |
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