Large commercial airlines will have something to worry about as the civil aviation ministry on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it would rework the 22-year-old Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) to force airlines to fly smaller aircraft to towns like Shimla that have shorter airstrips.
Solicitor general Ranjit Kumar informed a bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit that the RDG was formulated in 1994 and needs reconsideration as 22 years had passed during which the aviation industry has undergone a sea change.
The SG was answering the concerns of the court, which had found during the last hearing that the Himachal Pradesh capital did not have regular air connection with Delhi as big commercial airlines refused to fly there owing to the short airstrip.
Appearing for Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), additional solicitor general S S Patwalia told the court that only Air India operated flights to Shimla, where 40-seater aircraft had to be flown with nearly 25% empty seats for smooth take off.
To Read the News in Full 16/03/16 Dhananjay Mahapatra/The Times Of India
Solicitor general Ranjit Kumar informed a bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit that the RDG was formulated in 1994 and needs reconsideration as 22 years had passed during which the aviation industry has undergone a sea change.
The SG was answering the concerns of the court, which had found during the last hearing that the Himachal Pradesh capital did not have regular air connection with Delhi as big commercial airlines refused to fly there owing to the short airstrip.
Appearing for Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), additional solicitor general S S Patwalia told the court that only Air India operated flights to Shimla, where 40-seater aircraft had to be flown with nearly 25% empty seats for smooth take off.
To Read the News in Full 16/03/16 Dhananjay Mahapatra/The Times Of India
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