New Delhi: Behind the scene activities in the Indian aviation sector were brought out in the open late on Wednesday when Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, recalled that when he was the Civil Aviation Minister at the Centre in 2003, Jet Airways and Indian Airlines had approached him asking not to allow Air Deccan to fly in the Indian skies.
“Captain Gopinath (the promoter of Air Deccan) would huff and come to my room and Air India, Jet Airways and Sahara (would) collectively come to see that this airline did not exist. But that was the game. However, when he succeeded in getting a licence and started the airline the whole landscape, the eco-system of civil aviation changed.
That trigged off what we see today,” said Rudy, who is currently Minister of State (Independent Charge), Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. He was speaking at an awards function organised by the Air Passengers Association of India. The event was powered by BusinessLine and CNN News18 was the telecast partner.
Recalling his own experience as a passenger, Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road, Transport, Highway and Shipping, recounted how he would often be told about an early morning flight being cancelled even as he was on the way to the airport. The Minister appealed to airlines to tell passengers well in advance if their flight was being cancelled.
To Read the News in Full 25/08/16 Business Line
“Captain Gopinath (the promoter of Air Deccan) would huff and come to my room and Air India, Jet Airways and Sahara (would) collectively come to see that this airline did not exist. But that was the game. However, when he succeeded in getting a licence and started the airline the whole landscape, the eco-system of civil aviation changed.
That trigged off what we see today,” said Rudy, who is currently Minister of State (Independent Charge), Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. He was speaking at an awards function organised by the Air Passengers Association of India. The event was powered by BusinessLine and CNN News18 was the telecast partner.
Recalling his own experience as a passenger, Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road, Transport, Highway and Shipping, recounted how he would often be told about an early morning flight being cancelled even as he was on the way to the airport. The Minister appealed to airlines to tell passengers well in advance if their flight was being cancelled.
To Read the News in Full 25/08/16 Business Line
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