New Delhi: With government identifying over 50 small towns and cities to build or modernise airports, a new policy is on the anvil to ensure that airlines fly to these regional airports without bothering about commercial viability of operations.
'Government will play a vital role in connecting remote areas. A regional airline policy will be in place soon. The thrust area of the policy will be to ensure that airlines connect these remote areas without bothering about commercial viability,' Civil Aviation Secretary K N Shrivastava said at an ASSOCHAM conference on aviation and tourism here.
Replying to questions later, he said a conference of state ministers and officials has been convened next month where issues of regional connectivity would be discussed in- depth before the policy was finalised.
In June, government identified 51 cities in Bihar, Assam, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra to develop low-cost airports. 50 more airports would be taken up for development in the second phase.
30/08/13 PTI/Business Standard
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'Government will play a vital role in connecting remote areas. A regional airline policy will be in place soon. The thrust area of the policy will be to ensure that airlines connect these remote areas without bothering about commercial viability,' Civil Aviation Secretary K N Shrivastava said at an ASSOCHAM conference on aviation and tourism here.
Replying to questions later, he said a conference of state ministers and officials has been convened next month where issues of regional connectivity would be discussed in- depth before the policy was finalised.
In June, government identified 51 cities in Bihar, Assam, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra to develop low-cost airports. 50 more airports would be taken up for development in the second phase.
30/08/13 PTI/Business Standard
