New Delhi / Dubai:
Bahrain Air, which had suspended its flights between Thiruvananthapuram days after launching them, can now resume these services with the aviation regulator Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA) granting it the required clearances.
The airline had launched flights, four each week on March 16, but suspended them on March 26 due to the delay in getting operating clearances and permits.
When contacted, DGCA Chief EK Bharat Bhushan told PTI that the problem has now been resolved.
The airline's Chief Executive Richard Nuttall had earlier told a newspaper in Dubai that "the delay is happening as a number of people are involved in signing the documents."
"We are in touch with authorities through phones and e-mails, but we are optimistic and awaiting a positive response from the Indian civil aviation authorities."
The Gulf Daily News, which quoted Nuttall, had reported that a contractual dispute that grounded flights on the new Kerala service had cost the airline $500,000 as at least eight flights were affected.
The report had said the problem arose after a contract allowing the airline to fly to Thiruvananthapuram expired on March 24.
Officials of the airline and Bahrain's civil aviation authority had travelled to India to resolve the issue.
In Thiruvananthapuram, an airport official told PTI "As far as we are concerned, the airport is technically equipped to handle these flights. But the decision has to come from New Delhi."