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New Delhi, dated the 16th September, 2010 Office Memorandum Subject: Guidelines on Air Travel on Tours / LTC. This Department is receiving repeated references seeking clarifications with regard to purchase of Air tickets through authorized agents and relaxation for travel by Airlines other than Indian Airlines. The following guidelines may be noted for compliance: 1. On Official Tours : (i) For travel by Airlines other than Air India because of operational or other reasons or on account of non-availability of Air India flights, individual cases for relaxation to be referred to M/o Civil Aviation, as stated in this Ministry’s OM No. 19024/1/2009-E.IV dated 13.07.09. (ii) Air Tickets may be purchased directly from Airlines (at Booking counters/Website of Airlines) or by utilizing the services of Authorized Travel Agents viz. M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company, M/s Ashok Travels & Tours. 2. LTC : (i) Travel by Air India only. (ii) In Economy class only, irrespective of entitlement. (iii) LTC-80 ticket of Air India only to be purchased. (iv) Air Tickets may be purchased directly from Airlines (at Booking counters / Website of Airlines) or by utilizing the services of Authorized Travel Agents viz. M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company, M/s Ashok Travels & Tours and IRCTC (to the extent IRCTC is authorized as per DoP&T OM No. 31011/6/2002-Estt.(A) dt. 02.12.09). 3. LTC for J&K : (i) Relaxation to travel by Private Airlines to visit J&K while availing LTC is available to all the categories of Govt. employees, including those entitled to travel by Air [DoPT OMs No. 31011/2/2003-Esst.(A-IV) dated 18.06.10 and 05.08.10 refer]. (ii) For purchase of Air tickets, however, the procedure as given under para 2 (iv) above should be followed. 4. All Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India are requested to strictly adhere to these instructions.
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Can a government servant travel by private airlines on official tour by private airlines on the sector where Air India flights are not operating. What is the order regarding this.
My home town is KOTA (Rajasthan) and i am working in AERB,Mumbai. As per my declaration my parents are residing in home town. Can i avail the Home Town LTC for my dependent parents from home town to my working place( Mumbai).This matter is not clearly mentioned in the LTC rule
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i want to avail EMERGENCY LTC , can i travel through private airline as no AIR INDIA flight is available on that day.
please reply whether an officer entitled to tavel by air on transfer could make journey in a private airlines which has tiup with Indian Airlines as there is no direct indian airlines feciliety from the place of duty to the place new station.
My GP is 5400 and I have availed LTC for Jammu & Kashmir for the block year 2006-09 ( extended upto 12/2010 by private air lines from Nagpur to Jammu ( via Delhi ) as per OM dated 16.09.2011. Now authorities are refusing me for air fare traveled from Nagpur to Delhi by private air lines on the grounds that the travel by private air lines is allowable from Delhi to Jammu only. I am entitled officer, is my authority is correct ? please clarify