Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Civil Aviation Ministry preparing list of crucial issues

New Delhi: With a new government taking over on Monday, Civil Aviation Ministry is preparing a list of crucial issues facing the sector like review of the 5/20 rule to allow Indian carriers to launch global operations and the downgrade of India's safety ranking by the US aviation regulator.
A presentation is being prepared on the issues and problems facing the airlines, airports and other stakeholders and the unfinished tasks of the Manmohan Singh regime.
Official sources agreed that the issues would include a review of the rule that makes it mandatory for an airline to fly domestic for five years and have a 20-aircraft fleet before it could be allowed to launch international operations.
The previous government was actively considering scrapping this rule, which was brought in by UPA-I on the grounds that an airline would have to first establish itself domestically before it could be allowed to fly abroad.
21/05/14 Zee News
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