New Delhi: Kerala has not given up on a proposal to start an airline of its own, particularly to provide low-cost options to its vast diaspora in the Gulf, and will soon pursue this with the central government, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said.
"We are at the moment concentrating on our fourth international airport at Kannur. Once that is done, we will pursue the airline option. We have not given up on the idea of a low-cost carrier," Chandy said at an interaction with IANS journalists during a visit to the agency's head office here Monday evening.
Chandy said the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government had posed three conditions for overseas operations -- a fleet of five planes, five years of domestic operations and no operations to the Gulf.
"We said Air India Express with just two planes was allowed. Within three months, it got permission to fly to the Gulf. They said it is an Air India subsidiary. We said, okay we accept, but you also have to accept this -- this is a state government airline," Chandy said.
22/11/11 New Indian Express/IBN Live
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