India and Brazil Tuesday signed a bilateral air services agreement (ASA), intended to increase air-connectivity between the two countries, an official statement said. 'The new ASA has the potential to spur greater trade investment, tourism and strengthening the cultural exchange, besides bringing it in tune with the developments in the international civil aviation scenario,' the statement from the civil aviation ministry statement said.

APDS Blogger: Mark Preston

In the past, most airline companies were created by the state and consequently distilled a sense of national pride. In fact, for many years no nation could graduate as a “real” country unless it had its own national carrier.