To improve air connectivity in remote areas, the civil aviation ministry is considering a proposal to allow scheduled regional airlines to induct smaller aircraft for deployment on regional routes. Under the existing guidelines, regional airlines can fly aircraft with 19 seats (excluding the pilot’s seat) or more.
The ministry is also considering a recommendation to waive the interim requirement to induct a fleet of three aircraft within two years from commencement of regional operations with at least one aircraft, while retaining the requirement of having an operational fleet of five at the end of five years.
In what would be a reprieve for passengers, the ministry has decided against levying a cess on travellers flying out of metropolitan cities to cross-subsidise air fares in regional and remote areas.
28/05/13 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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The ministry is also considering a recommendation to waive the interim requirement to induct a fleet of three aircraft within two years from commencement of regional operations with at least one aircraft, while retaining the requirement of having an operational fleet of five at the end of five years.
In what would be a reprieve for passengers, the ministry has decided against levying a cess on travellers flying out of metropolitan cities to cross-subsidise air fares in regional and remote areas.
28/05/13 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
