Thursday, March 26, 2015

New civil aviation policy to be finalised shortly: Minister

New Delhi: Government is likely to finalise the new civil aviation policy shortly, Minister of State for civil aviation Mahesh Sharma said.

"We are waiting for certain inputs from stakeholders .... I think within a very short time,?could be in a week's time, it should be finalised," Sharma told reporters on the sidelines of an industry event here.

Government had in November last year announced the new Draft Civil Aviation policy and circulated it to all stakeholders for consultations before putting it in place.

Responding to a question on the proposed norms for domestic carriers?for international operations,?the Minister said?the?decision on removal of 5/20 rule would not depend on individual carriers' interests.
26/03/15 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
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