New Delhi: Stung by what it calls an ‘unfair charge’ of favouring foreign airlines, the ministry of civil aviation is working on a comprehensive aviation policy that would attempt to increase international traffic from India.
The ministry would examine India’s air traffic growth projections, the number of countries which remain unserviced by domestic carriers and how to increase connectivity to these countries for both foreign and domestic carriers.
A senior civil aviation ministry official said former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rakesh Mohan is drafting a mega transport policy, where civil aviation will figure prominently.
“We need to allow foreign airlines to service passenger demand to new countries from India, instead of constantly thinking of protecting domestic airlines. If domestic carriers are unable to cope with demand to new destinations, why not allow foreign carriers more traffic rights?”
22/08/11 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News & Analysis
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