As per a Hindustan Times report, in a big push for regional connectivity, national carrier Air India (AI) has announced plans to start operations to virgin routes having no flight connectivity using smaller turboprop planes. AI will also lease bigger wide-body jets to expand its international network, Ashwani Lohani, the airline’s Chairman and MD said on Wednesday.
Lohani, who met representatives of 22 states and union territories, has been promised full support by state governments in the form of zero taxes on aviation turbine fuel and viability gap funding, if AI starts operations to smaller towns and cities.
AI is considering connecting cities within Rajasthan, Karnataka, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra, Lohani said after the meeting.
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Lohani, who met representatives of 22 states and union territories, has been promised full support by state governments in the form of zero taxes on aviation turbine fuel and viability gap funding, if AI starts operations to smaller towns and cities.
AI is considering connecting cities within Rajasthan, Karnataka, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra, Lohani said after the meeting.
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