Airlines seek more fuel to fly global routes

Mumbai: Major airlines in the country, under the banner of the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), are lobbying with the ministry of civil aviation to amend the existing norms that prevent them from flying international routes unless they have completed five years of operations in domestic skies.
All schedules passenger airlines, including Indian Airlines, Air-India, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Air Sahara, Air Deccan, GoAir, Indigo, SpiceJet and Paramount Airways, are members of the FIA.
Airline operators now want to fly abroad as soon as they complete a year of domestic operations. According to industry sources, airline operators are simultaneously talking to major airports like Stansted in the UK, that country’s third busiest airport after Heathrow and Gatwick, in anticipation of their international sojourn.
Air-Sahara also claims to have been approached by airport authorities in the European sector.
Jet Airways had recently gone for an image makeover to attract more leisure travelers, especially on its international flights.
02/04/07 Shaheen Mansuri/Financial Express

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Categories: Foreign Apr 2007, General Aviation Apr 2007