New Delhi: Just days ahead of AirAsia India Pvt Ltd's (AAIPL) launch, a full-blown battle has broken out between the budget carrier's chief Tony Fernandes and the rest of Indian carriers represented by the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA). Fernandes tweeted on Saturday night: "Some airlines scared of us. We must be doing something write. Help us people of India. Don't let cartels win and not let ordinary man fly."
This aggressive tweet came in response of the FIA writing to finance and aviation ministers Arun Jaitley and AG Raju, respectively, against the clearances given to AAIPL to fly. "It is our request that the government advise the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) not to permit AirAsia India to proceed to fly, that too with merely one aircraft with the sole intent of making the decision (to let them fly) a fait accompli and difficult for the government to review," the FIA letter said, while terming the clearances to AAIPL 'illegal' and 'fraudulent'.
Last month, Tony had tweeted: "@Mittu Chandilya (CEO AAIPL) exciting plans for airasia Indian. Whatever Indigo tries to do to stop us it just makes us stronger and smarter. Well done."
This post was later taken off from the profiles of both Fernandes and Chandilya.
Read news in full 01/06/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
This aggressive tweet came in response of the FIA writing to finance and aviation ministers Arun Jaitley and AG Raju, respectively, against the clearances given to AAIPL to fly. "It is our request that the government advise the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) not to permit AirAsia India to proceed to fly, that too with merely one aircraft with the sole intent of making the decision (to let them fly) a fait accompli and difficult for the government to review," the FIA letter said, while terming the clearances to AAIPL 'illegal' and 'fraudulent'.
Last month, Tony had tweeted: "@Mittu Chandilya (CEO AAIPL) exciting plans for airasia Indian. Whatever Indigo tries to do to stop us it just makes us stronger and smarter. Well done."
This post was later taken off from the profiles of both Fernandes and Chandilya.
Read news in full 01/06/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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