New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has begun inter-ministerial consultations on the new flying norms by circulating a draft cabinet note. These new norms seek to dismantle the 5/20 norms, they also seek to tighten the screws for airlines unwilling to fly to remote domestic locations by linking overseas flying rights to domestic connectivity.
Ministry officials say these norms will ensure remote area connectivity without such flights impacting airlines' bottomlines. But neither existing nor new airlines are happy with these norms. Existing airlines like Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir have asked the government to keep the 5/20 condition for new airlines wanting to fly abroad. New entrants Vistara and AirAsia India want 5/20 dismantled but are unhappy with the norms being brought in as replacement since these pushes back their plans to fly overseas by at least two years.
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Ministry officials say these norms will ensure remote area connectivity without such flights impacting airlines' bottomlines. But neither existing nor new airlines are happy with these norms. Existing airlines like Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir have asked the government to keep the 5/20 condition for new airlines wanting to fly abroad. New entrants Vistara and AirAsia India want 5/20 dismantled but are unhappy with the norms being brought in as replacement since these pushes back their plans to fly overseas by at least two years.
10/04/15 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post
