Thiruvananthapuram: The next few days could prove decisive for Kerala's
dream project, Air-Kerala, the southern state's very own airline.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told IANS that he along with his cabinet colleague K. Babu, who looks after airports and the proposed airline, will discuss the floating of the airline with the aviation ministry in New Delhi on Thursday.
"We are meeting the Union Civil Aviation Minister with our dream project Air-Kerala, that has been pending following the strict rules of giving license to new airlines. We have been given to understand that the Centre is mulling to relax rules and if that happens, it's only a matter of time when our own airline will be airborne," said Chandy.
It was in 2004 in Chandy's first stint as chief minister that a project report was prepared after a study done by consultancy E&Y, which aid Air-Kerala would be feasible project and that it would help the Kerala diaspora, especially in the Middle East.
But in the following years (2006-11) of Left Front government, the project did not make much headway. It started to move forward in Chandy's second term which began in 2011.
Read news in full 15/10/14 Sanu George/IANS/daijiworld.com
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told IANS that he along with his cabinet colleague K. Babu, who looks after airports and the proposed airline, will discuss the floating of the airline with the aviation ministry in New Delhi on Thursday.
"We are meeting the Union Civil Aviation Minister with our dream project Air-Kerala, that has been pending following the strict rules of giving license to new airlines. We have been given to understand that the Centre is mulling to relax rules and if that happens, it's only a matter of time when our own airline will be airborne," said Chandy.
It was in 2004 in Chandy's first stint as chief minister that a project report was prepared after a study done by consultancy E&Y, which aid Air-Kerala would be feasible project and that it would help the Kerala diaspora, especially in the Middle East.
But in the following years (2006-11) of Left Front government, the project did not make much headway. It started to move forward in Chandy's second term which began in 2011.
Read news in full 15/10/14 Sanu George/IANS/daijiworld.com
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