MPs want alcohol on flights

A group of MPs on Wednesday made a forceful plea for serving low-alcohol drinks like wine and beer on domestic flights.
Four Rajya Sabha MPs, attending a meeting of the parliamentary consultative committee on civil aviation, asked the ministry to push this proposal, informed sources said.
Currently India's archaic rules do not allow serving alcohol on domestic flights.
The sources said Congress MP Rajiv Shukla suggested that the rules should be changed to allow serving of Indian-made beer and wine on domestic flights.
''It will help Maharashtra's vineyards,'' he is believed to have said. Vineyards in Maharashtra's Sahyadri valley near Nagpur are the main suppliers of grapes that are the staple of Indian wines.
Three other MPs - MS Gill, Tarlochan Singh and Vijay Darda - supported Shukla's demand.
14/11/07 Indo-Asian News Service/NDTV.com

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Categories: General Aviation Nov 2007