Wednesday, December 31, 2014

India's civil aviation minister advocates scrapping of 5x20 rule

GoAir could be one of the airlines profiting from plans of civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju to scrap a rule currently in place forcing airlines to fly domestically for a period of five years and to have a minimum of 20 aircraft in its fleet before being allowed to operate on international routes.

GoAir currently operates 19 A320-200s domestically in India and unlike larger LCC rivals IndiGo Airlines  and Spicejet has not been allowed to operate to destinations abroad yet.

Spicejet currently serves Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Colombo Int'l, Dubai Int'l, Kabul, Kathmandu, Malé, Muscat and Sharjah. IndiGo also operates to Bangkok, Dubai, Kathmandu and Muscat but also serves Singapore Changi from Chennai.
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