New Delhi: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday slammed the Civil Aviation Ministry for taking a "contradictory" stand on allocation of routes and flight time- slots to ensure that private airlines were not favoured at the expense of Air India.
The Committee on Public Undertakings (COPU), which had recommended a "transparent review" of route and slot allocations, said the ministry had first said such an analysis had been carried out but later held that it had no role in selection of routes by airlines.
In its report tabled in Parliament today, the COPU said it expected the ministry "to clarify their aforesaid contradictory views and apprise the Committee of the outcome of the analysis and review undertaken regarding route and slot allocations".
The report came days after the enhancement of bilateral air traffic rights with the Gulf and other nations.
30/04/13 PTI/ZeeNews
