Kochi: Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation K.C. Venugopal has expressed his disapproval of airline companies’ strategy to maximise profits by hiking fares during the peak season.
He was speaking after inaugurating the state-of-the-art radar system at the Cochin International Airport Limited at Nedumbassery on Friday. Mr. Venugopal said under the present system, the Ministry of Civil Aviation hardly had any role in regulating increase in fare rates. He, however, said the government would have to take up the issue if the trend continued.
He said more airline companies would shortly launch operations to the Middle East and Indian cities from all three airports in the State. He said the Thiruvananthapuram airport would get a similar radar system later this month.
“Kochi has the potential to develop in to an international travel hub and CIAL will shortly become the gateway to Kerala,” Mr. Venugopal said. He said the tender procedure for the second Instrument Landing System for the Kochi airport had been initiated.
14/09/13 The Hindu
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He was speaking after inaugurating the state-of-the-art radar system at the Cochin International Airport Limited at Nedumbassery on Friday. Mr. Venugopal said under the present system, the Ministry of Civil Aviation hardly had any role in regulating increase in fare rates. He, however, said the government would have to take up the issue if the trend continued.
He said more airline companies would shortly launch operations to the Middle East and Indian cities from all three airports in the State. He said the Thiruvananthapuram airport would get a similar radar system later this month.
“Kochi has the potential to develop in to an international travel hub and CIAL will shortly become the gateway to Kerala,” Mr. Venugopal said. He said the tender procedure for the second Instrument Landing System for the Kochi airport had been initiated.
14/09/13 The Hindu
