‘Prepare policy document on cash-strapped aviation sector’

New Delhi: Members of a parliamentary committee today asked the government to come out with a policy document to deal with the financial crisis facing the aviation sector, as India experienced a massive growth of 30 per cent in air traffic in 2008.
Almost 30 million passengers travelled to and from India during 2008, a growth of 30 per cent over the previous year, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel informed the first meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for his Ministry.
Participating in the discussion that followed Patel’s maiden presentation in the 15th Lok Sabha, the members suggested preparation of a policy paper on the aviation sector highlighting the causes of its downturn.
Such a document, they felt, would help in making effective policy changes which could be required to help the sector grow again, an official spokesperson said.
The members also stressed the need for bringing the aviation sector closer to the people by making it more affordable, even as the Minister informed them that air travel had become affordable for the middle class.
25/11/09 Agencies/Financial Express

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