New Delhi: India is finally set to end the discrimination its airlines have faced to fly abroad, even as the red carpet was rolled out for foreign carriers to fly into the country. Aviation minister Ajit Singh has told TOI that the twin conditions that an Indian airline must be five years old and have 20 aircraft in its fleet to start overseas flights are both "unreasonable and not needed".
"This rule was wrong and possibly manipulated in the first place. The 20/5 conditions are not required. Indian airports need to become aviation hubs and our airlines should not face such restriction in flying abroad when foreign airlines do not face any such conditions," Singh said. The change comes as India is set to have a new low-cost carrier AirAsia India and a full service carrier Tata-Singapore Airlines.
The minister pointed out that Indian corporate leaders with one or two private planes can fly abroad whereas scheduled carriers face such hurdles. At present, Indian carriers' market share in international air travel to and from the country is about
Read News In Full 24/09/13 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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