June 4 aviation meet to take up ATF prices

New Delhi: The Centre has called a meeting of the heads of all airlines in the country on June 4 to review the performance of the aviation sector as part of the government’s quarterly review.
According to sources, one of the key issues that could be raised in the meeting would be the rising fuel prices and its impact on the financial health of the carriers. In its last meeting, the civil aviation ministry had asked the air carriers to stop referring to the surcharges that they take from the passengers as taxes since the government does not earn from it.
National Aviation Company of India Ltd (Nacil), the entity formed from the merger of the erstwhile Air India and Indian Airlines, is up for review on May 9 and 10 by the civil aviation minister Praful Patel. The new chairman and managing director of the national carrier Raghu Menon will meet Patel and present all the facts and figures of the progress of the national carrier.
Cabinet secretary KM Chandrashekhar has called on June 3 a review meeting of the progress on the modernisation of the Indira Gandhi International airport by Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) and the Chatrapati Shivaji International airport in Mumbai by the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL).
29/05/08 Shauvik Ghosh/Financial Express

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General May 2008