The civil aviation ministry is considering a proposal from regional airlines seeking permission to operate flights to an additional metro city.
The move, if cleared, would allow carriers like Air Costa and Air Pegasus to make up for losses on low-density smaller city pairs by deploying capacity on trunk routes where business potential is high.
"Some regional operators came with the idea that they should be allowed to connect one more metro city apart from the one that they serve in their region. We are considering their request," official sources said.
The UPA-I government had in August 2007 come out with a separate category of airlines called Regional Air Operators, reducing the initial fund and fleet requirement as compared to a national scheduled operator with permit to operate flights across the country.
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The move, if cleared, would allow carriers like Air Costa and Air Pegasus to make up for losses on low-density smaller city pairs by deploying capacity on trunk routes where business potential is high.
"Some regional operators came with the idea that they should be allowed to connect one more metro city apart from the one that they serve in their region. We are considering their request," official sources said.
The UPA-I government had in August 2007 come out with a separate category of airlines called Regional Air Operators, reducing the initial fund and fleet requirement as compared to a national scheduled operator with permit to operate flights across the country.
22/04/15 Nirbhay Kumar/mydigitalfc
