Experience not a yardstick for flying abroad

New Delhi: Domestic airlines which don’t have the mandatory five-year flying experience could be allowed to fly to international destinations if the Union Cabinet clears the proposed Civil Aviation Policy (Vision 2020) at its meeting on Friday.
However, no blanket review of the existing guidelines is being considered and the stipulation that a carrier must have a fleet of a minimum 20 aircraft to fly abroad is likely to remain. Once cleared, the proposal would give the Civil Aviation Ministry the powers to relax the existing guidelines only on a case-to-case basis.
Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines is likely to be the first beneficiary of a likely relaxation of the five-year domestic experience condition.
The Vision 2020 is also likely to do away with the restrictions that prevent private airlines from operating on lucrative Gulf routes. This would end the monopoly enjoyed by national carriers Air India and Indian in the sector.
14/06/07 Financial Express

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2007, General Aviation Jun 2007