New Delhi: The Central Government expects to finalise the long pending new aviation policy and also the much debated revised international flying norms for domestic carriers within a month, according to a senior Civil Aviation Ministry official.
Industry is keenly looking forward for both the policies, amid increasing traffic and competition from both domestic and foreign players.
There will be no rolling back on the decision to privatise airports, he added.
“We are almost close to finalising the two policies and would be ready in a month,” the senior official said.
There has been much debate about doing away with the ‘5/20’ norms, which allows only those carriers having been in operation for at least five years and with a fleet of at least 20 aircraft to fly on international routes.
The Federation of Indian Airlines, which has IndiGo, Spicejet, Jet Airways and GoAir as its members, has opposed the move for any relaxation in the 5/20 norm, while Vistara and AirAsia India have been strongly in favour of doing away with the rule.
10/06/15 Sanjay Vijayakumar/The Hindu
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Industry is keenly looking forward for both the policies, amid increasing traffic and competition from both domestic and foreign players.
There will be no rolling back on the decision to privatise airports, he added.
“We are almost close to finalising the two policies and would be ready in a month,” the senior official said.
There has been much debate about doing away with the ‘5/20’ norms, which allows only those carriers having been in operation for at least five years and with a fleet of at least 20 aircraft to fly on international routes.
The Federation of Indian Airlines, which has IndiGo, Spicejet, Jet Airways and GoAir as its members, has opposed the move for any relaxation in the 5/20 norm, while Vistara and AirAsia India have been strongly in favour of doing away with the rule.
10/06/15 Sanjay Vijayakumar/The Hindu
