Kochi: Kerala Government will soon start domestic flights of its new 'Air Kerala' airline for fulfilling the mandatory requirement of a Union Civil Aviation norm that stipulates five year domestic service for launching international flight operations.
"Though we have approached the Union Government for a relaxation in this norm, we are yet to get a reply from them in this regard. However, we have decided to go ahead with the project and launch a domestic service with a small aircraft connecting airports within the state," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here today.
He was speaking at a face-to-face session with Non- Resident Keralites (NRKs) at the Global NRK meet here.
Answering to a query from an NRK who sought subsidy on air tickets in the Gulf sector, he said Air Kerala project would be successfully implemented like the Cochin International Airport project and it would be beneficial to NRKs.
16/01/15 New Indian Express
"Though we have approached the Union Government for a relaxation in this norm, we are yet to get a reply from them in this regard. However, we have decided to go ahead with the project and launch a domestic service with a small aircraft connecting airports within the state," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here today.
He was speaking at a face-to-face session with Non- Resident Keralites (NRKs) at the Global NRK meet here.
Answering to a query from an NRK who sought subsidy on air tickets in the Gulf sector, he said Air Kerala project would be successfully implemented like the Cochin International Airport project and it would be beneficial to NRKs.
16/01/15 New Indian Express
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