New Delhi: While addressing the International Civil Helicopters Conclave in New Delhi last year, India’s civil aviation minister P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju got it right, on most accounts. With the New Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) getting drafted at the time, the minister summed up the Indian dream since Independence—a policy to make the “open skies” truly accessible to Bharat.
“The facility of flying should not be restricted to only the privileged people in the country. We should put policies in place so that flying becomes affordable and reaches the masses,” said Raju.
Several months later, we are looking at a regime which makes it easier for new airlines to fly overseas and aims to connect the remotest parts of the country by operationalising little-used airstrips. To top it, flight tickets may get a lot cheaper. When the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government implements its ambitious regional connectivity scheme (RCS), one may pay as little as Rs.2,500 for an hour-long flight from a regional airport.
India is among the five fastest-growing global aviation markets with 275 million new passengers.
14/08/16 Sanjay Singh/VCCircle
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“The facility of flying should not be restricted to only the privileged people in the country. We should put policies in place so that flying becomes affordable and reaches the masses,” said Raju.
Several months later, we are looking at a regime which makes it easier for new airlines to fly overseas and aims to connect the remotest parts of the country by operationalising little-used airstrips. To top it, flight tickets may get a lot cheaper. When the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government implements its ambitious regional connectivity scheme (RCS), one may pay as little as Rs.2,500 for an hour-long flight from a regional airport.
India is among the five fastest-growing global aviation markets with 275 million new passengers.
14/08/16 Sanjay Singh/VCCircle
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