New Delhi: The long-pending civil aviation policy is likely to look at boosting regional connectivity and thereby look at ways to increase the use of smaller aircraft in commercial aviation. A senior civil aviation ministry official said, “We are looking at incentivising civil aviation through smaller aircraft.”
R N Choubey, secretary of civil aviation, said a few days back that his biggest challenge is to take flights beyond tier-I cities to tier-II and tier-III towns. The new aviation policy, which is already delayed by more than a couple of months, is being completely rewritten keeping these in mind, Choubey said. Flying larger aircraft like the Airbus A320 is an expensive affair to smaller towns, said experts. Sometimes, planes as small as a 12-seater aircraft might be a good option. For example in Madhya Pradesh, there are similar planes to connect smaller towns, but then many more are needed, pointed out the ministry official.
17/07/15 Sunny Sen/Financial Express
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R N Choubey, secretary of civil aviation, said a few days back that his biggest challenge is to take flights beyond tier-I cities to tier-II and tier-III towns. The new aviation policy, which is already delayed by more than a couple of months, is being completely rewritten keeping these in mind, Choubey said. Flying larger aircraft like the Airbus A320 is an expensive affair to smaller towns, said experts. Sometimes, planes as small as a 12-seater aircraft might be a good option. For example in Madhya Pradesh, there are similar planes to connect smaller towns, but then many more are needed, pointed out the ministry official.
17/07/15 Sunny Sen/Financial Express
