India and United Kingdom have signed a MoU to ease restrictions on the number of scheduled flights between the two countries, following successful talks in India this week. <br/><br/>Limits on flights from key Indian cities including Chennai and Kolkata have been scrapped, allowing for a greater range of flights for passengers while providing a boost to trade and tourism for the UK and India. <br/>' <br/>The agreement was formally signed by Minister of Civil Aviation, Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, on behalf of India and Lord Tariq Ahmad of UK during a visit to India. Mr Raju, said the increase in number of flights between the UK and India is encouraging news for businesses and tourists. <br/>'<br/>The agreement also opened all destinations in the UK for Indian carriers for code share flights, and reciprocally the UK carriers can also operate code share flights to any International Airport in India, through domestic code share arrangements.<br/>'<br/>Tourism from India makes an important contribution to the UK economy. In 2015, there were 422,000 visits from India to the UK, bringing more than '433 million to the economy.