SpiceJet and IndiGo cleared to fly abroad

New Delhi: Over a month after they applied, the decks have been cleared for an in-principle approval to low-cost carriers IndiGo and SpiceJet to fly abroad.
The Sunday Express has learnt that the Civil Aviation Ministry has given its go-ahead and procedural formalities will now be completed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
While SpiceJet completes its stipulated five years of domestic operations on May 23, IndiGo meets this condition only on August 4, 2011.
Both wanted time to get their requisite infrastructure in place — and approach foreign governments — so they moved requests for in-principle approvals.
Until now, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines are the only two private carriers flying abroad.
28/03/10 Pranab Dhal Samanta/Indian Express

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