Decision on foreign airlines soon: Ahamed

Kozhikode: The Centre will take a decision on granting permission to more foreign airlines to operate from the airport here in the next two to three months, Union Minister of State for External Affairs, E Ahamed said on Wednesday.
"Civil Aviation Ministry is in the process of working out the feasibility and a final decision on allowing foreign airlines to operate from here will be taken in two to three months," he said.
Ahamed was talking to reporters after inaugurating Jet Airways' maiden flight from here to Muscat.
Jet Airways was given the nod to commence services in the Gulf sector from this month as the airline had completed five years of operations in the domestic circuit, he said.
Earlier, Jet Airways flight 9W 538 took off at 0930 hrs with 77 passengers onboard. The private airline will also maintain daily flights to Doha from here at 2000 hrs.
23/01/08 PTI/The Hindu

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