Deadline for submission of response to draft civil aviation

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The Civil Aviation Ministry today extended the deadline for submission of stakeholders response to its draft Civil Aviation Policy by more than a week. The Ministry had earlier given time for receiving response from stakeholders on the draft policy till November 21. "The Ministry of Civil Aviation has extended the last date for receiving response from stakeholders on the draft Civil Aviation Policy to November 30," an official release said today.

The revised draft Civil Aviation Policy was unveiled on October 30 by Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju to provide a conducive environment and a level playing field to all stakeholders. Private carriers, under the banner of Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), however, had reportedly sought more time to state their views on the grounds that deadline was "too short" and more time was required because the proposals under the draft policy were "far reaching ramifications on the sector." Jet Airways, SpiceJet and GoAir are the members of FIA. Two new airline - AirAsia India and Vistara-have not yet been given its membership.

The draft civil aviation policy has sought to address various issues concerning the sector and its various sub-sectors. It has proposed open sky policy on reciprocal basis with SAARC countries and countries beyond a 5000 km radius from New Delhi, Regional Connectivity Scheme, helicopter policy, levy of 2 percent on all domestic and international tickets on all routes to fund regional connectivity, and sops to MRO industry, among others. However, the policy has been silent on the Union government's stand on the '5/20 rule', which requires five years of operations and 20 aircraft for a domestic carrier to fly abroad.

FIA has been opposing any move to abolish the rule as all its member airlines, except GoAir, operate on international routes. The draft policy, however did not provide a finality on the fate of the contentious 5/20 norm that makes it mandatory for airlines to have minimum five years of flying experience and 20 aircraft to fly abroad. Raju at that time had said that the revised draft policy had been rolled out after wide range of consultations which were "never done before." "We have proposed. Let us get the feedback," he had said.