Plane good news: Board domestic, fly international

New Delhi: Travellers flying out of India could have a wider choice of airlines by the end of the year. SpiceJet, Indigo, GoAir, Kingfisher, even Paramount, could fly international.
CNN-IBN learns from top Civil Aviation Ministry sources that the minimum five-year domestic operation criteria for starting international flights is likely to be scrapped.
It will be replaced by technical criteria, the number and the kind of aircraft needed for international flights, pilots with the right flying experience and other personnel and international compliance norms.
The government has three months to clear it with the Empowered Group of Ministers. Any delay will make it difficult to push through as the election process starts kicking in.
18/06/08 Karma Paljor/CNN-IBN

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