The government is looking at reviving some of the 400 abandoned airstrips built in the pre-Independence era as part of its attempt to create low-cost airports to boost regional connectivity. Work in this direction has already started in Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh.
“It is too early to say what will be the shape and form of these airstrips but there is a lot happening in the regional connectivity space,” civil aviation ministry officials said. This includes the new aviation policy, which is expected to do away with the 5/20 rule and bring in the new domestic flying credit rule, which will boost regional connectivity. The revival of these airstrips will help in increasing regional connectivity.
Under the proposed policy, airlines flying to tier-III towns and cities will get more flying credits — three times of what is obtained from flying to tier-I cities.
If the abandoned airstrips are revived, it might boost tourism, something which the Narendra Modi government is focused on, said industry experts. Bihar has the maximum number of such airstrips at 22, followed by Rajasthan, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and others.
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“It is too early to say what will be the shape and form of these airstrips but there is a lot happening in the regional connectivity space,” civil aviation ministry officials said. This includes the new aviation policy, which is expected to do away with the 5/20 rule and bring in the new domestic flying credit rule, which will boost regional connectivity. The revival of these airstrips will help in increasing regional connectivity.
Under the proposed policy, airlines flying to tier-III towns and cities will get more flying credits — three times of what is obtained from flying to tier-I cities.
If the abandoned airstrips are revived, it might boost tourism, something which the Narendra Modi government is focused on, said industry experts. Bihar has the maximum number of such airstrips at 22, followed by Rajasthan, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and others.
06/06/15 Sunny Sen/Financial Express
