Four airlines make presentations to launch regional services

New Delhi: At least four aviation companies today made presentations before the Civil Aviation Ministry to launch regional aviation services.
While MDLR Airlines is the only one which has already started its operations on a non-scheduled airline permit, the other firms which made the presentations included TransIndia, Air Dravida and Star Aviation.
The Ministry in August notified the regional airline policy to grant scheduled operator permits to these companies which would operate out of six metro airports in the four regions and connect regional and non-metro airports, either by fixed wing aircraft or helicopters.
As per the policy, these airlines would not be allowed to operate on Category-I or the most major routes, especially between two metro cities.
While the four regions have been categorised as North, South, West and East/Northeast, the metros from where these airlines would operate are Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
11/10/07 PTI/Outlook

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