Five regional scheduled airline operators to get permit

New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry is likely to give regional scheduled airlines operator’s permit to five airlines soon. Of these five airlines, three are based out of South India and two will be based in North India. According to sources, the ministry’s aircraft acquisition committee, at a special meeting held a couple of days back, went through the operational and financial aspects of these operators and said a go-ahead to these five operators will be given soon.
The South-based operators which are likely to get the go-ahead are Chennai-based Air Dravida promoted by Sheik Dawood, Star Aviation promoted by an NRI, based in Dubai and Bangalore-based Trans India Aviation of K Chandra Shekhar. In North India, the two operators which had applied and got their papers screened are MDLR of G K Goyal and King Air promoted by Subhash Gulati.
Once the permission is granted, these airlines will take 8-10 months to start full-fledged operations. The aircraft acquisition committee, which comprises officials of the civil aviation ministry, Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), will be meeting next month again to look into other applications for starting regional airlines.
14/10/07 Raja Awasthi/Economic Times

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