Govt backs AI: Can’t make money, won’t let others try

Months after the government decided to end Air India’s monopoly on select international routes and threw them open to private Indian carriers, the state-owned airline is hoping to regain this privilege through the back door and get the first choice to fly these routes.
A committee formed by Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh in May to study the route dynamics of Air India has supported Air India’s contention that private Indian carriers should not be allowed to fly international routes on which it is incurring losses. The committee, headed by a joint secretary in the ministry, submitted its report in end-July.
The panel report did not give reasons for supporting Air India’s stance.
17/08/12 Mihir Mishra/Indian Express

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Categories: Air India Aug 2012