The Ministry for Civil Aviation is considering a plan to relax the minimum requirements for Indian carriers to fly overseas and it will shortly approach the Cabinet, informed Ajit Singh, Minister for Civil Aviation, Government of India.
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Currently, Indian carriers must have 20 aircraft and five years of experience of flying locally to be allowed to fly overseas, as per a Live Mint report. If the norms are eased, GoAir, run by Wadia Group-promoted Go Airlines (India) Ltd, will be the sole beneficiary as all other scheduled carriers have completed five years of operations and started international services.
GoAir is looking at short-haul international destinations and had recently ordered 72 Airbus planes. Last month it had asked the government for relaxation of the rule. Indian carriers were lobbying for this relaxation few years ago as other West Asian carriers, started flying to India immediately after inception.Click here to see the original article>