New Delhi: Certain private airlines were "favoured" by the previous UPA government and allegations in this regard are being investigated, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said today.
Domestic carriers lost out significantly to their foreign counterparts in the previous government, he said.
"Certain things done in the past (under UPA) did not make sense. Wrongdoing is wrongdoing, whether it is intentional or unintentional. Law should take its course.
"I won't individually sit and dig the past. There are agencies and they will do that. We are not interfering with it," Raju told PTI when asked during an interview whether action is being taken against alleged wrongdoers.
The airlines are divided over the continuance of 5/20 rule whereby only carriers with minimum 20 aircraft fleet and five years of operational experience can fly overseas.
12/06/16 PTI/Economic Times
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
Domestic carriers lost out significantly to their foreign counterparts in the previous government, he said.
"Certain things done in the past (under UPA) did not make sense. Wrongdoing is wrongdoing, whether it is intentional or unintentional. Law should take its course.
"I won't individually sit and dig the past. There are agencies and they will do that. We are not interfering with it," Raju told PTI when asked during an interview whether action is being taken against alleged wrongdoers.
The airlines are divided over the continuance of 5/20 rule whereby only carriers with minimum 20 aircraft fleet and five years of operational experience can fly overseas.
12/06/16 PTI/Economic Times
