Vistara, AirAsia India and Air India officials met the Union Civil Aviation Secretary, R. N. Choubey on Wednesday, to discuss the draft civil aviation policy.
The incumbent airlines represented by its body Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) didn’t turn up for the meeting and asked for another extension to express their views on the draft civil aviation policy, sources said.
The civil aviation industry is divided in their views on the international flying norms, also known as the 5/20 rule. While the new airlines have demanded complete abolition of the 5/20 rule, the private incumbent airlines, including IndiGo, SpiceJet, Jet Airways and GoAir, have opposed any move to relax the rule.
According to the 5/20 rule, any airline with five years of domestic flying experience and 20 aircrafts in its fleet is allowed to fly on international routes.
31/12/15 Somesh Jha/The Hindu
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The incumbent airlines represented by its body Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) didn’t turn up for the meeting and asked for another extension to express their views on the draft civil aviation policy, sources said.
The civil aviation industry is divided in their views on the international flying norms, also known as the 5/20 rule. While the new airlines have demanded complete abolition of the 5/20 rule, the private incumbent airlines, including IndiGo, SpiceJet, Jet Airways and GoAir, have opposed any move to relax the rule.
According to the 5/20 rule, any airline with five years of domestic flying experience and 20 aircrafts in its fleet is allowed to fly on international routes.
31/12/15 Somesh Jha/The Hindu
