Panel to review overseas flying rules

New Delhi: The group of ministers on the civil aviation policy is likely to take a call tomorrow on relaxing the experience required for Indian airlines to fly abroad.
Top civil aviation ministry officials, however, said if the ministers were not able to resolve their differences on this issue, the GoM may choose to go ahead with the aviation policy, while reserving this issue for further consultations.
The civil aviation policy is a set of guidelines that will govern the industry in the years ahead.
Railway minister Lalu Prasad had objected to norms being relaxed for airlines wishing to fly abroad at a meeting of the GoM held last month. Civil aviation minister Praful Patel wants to do away with the experience-based eligibility norm altogether. He wants to bring in a set of guidelines for case to case clearances of plans to fly abroad.
The civil aviation ministry wants the requirements for flying on international routes to be based on technical and financial parameters. At present, only airlines with at least five years of experience, a minimum of 20 aircraft and a paid up capital of Rs 100 crore can fly abroad.
02/01/08 The Telegraph

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Categories: Foreign Jan 2008, Indian Aviation- In General Jan 2008