Budget should focus on airport modernisation: Boeing India

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Commenting on his expectations from the Union Budget 2010, Dinesh Keskar of Boeing India said, "Things are improving world over, but certainly in India it is getting better at a faster pace. However, the government should be focused on the air traffic control, the airports, the modernisation of airports. It should be made sure that what the airport authority of India is doing is on track."

Further he added, "The only issue that the airlines bring it up every time I talk to them is aviation turbine fuel (ATF) taxes and they have been talking about this declared goods status for ATF. Of course it is the government's call what will they do. But my feeling is that if we keep the capacity and demand in match and do not create this suicidal fare wars we have a real good chance for this industry to continue the trend that we just started last quarter which is to make money and be profitable."