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India mulls to ease rules on Singapore Airlines affiliate, AirAsia
INDIA plans to ease rules for domestic carriers to start international flights, a move that will benefit the local affiliates of Singapore Airlines, such as and AirAsia.
Three people familiar with the process told Bloomberg that local carriers won't have to wait for five years or more to qualify for an overseas permit.
The government is still debating whether to keep the minimum number of aircraft an airline should have in its fleet at 10 or 20, they said.
Existing rules mandate that airlines must have a fleet of 20 planes to fly abroad. Mayank Agrawal, a spokesman at the civil aviation ministry in New Delhi, was unavailable for comment.
A change will enable carriers to start flying overseas immediately if they meet the minimum fleet requirement, while dealing a blow to airlines such as Interglobe Aviation.
IndiGo and SpiceJet had previously opposed such a relaxation of what is locally known as the 5/20 rule as Singapore Air started flying domestic flights in India through a joint venture known as Vistara.
Three people familiar with the process told Bloomberg that local carriers won't have to wait for five years or more to qualify for an overseas permit.
The government is still debating whether to keep the minimum number of aircraft an airline should have in its fleet at 10 or 20, they said.
Existing rules mandate that airlines must have a fleet of 20 planes to fly abroad. Mayank Agrawal, a spokesman at the civil aviation ministry in New Delhi, was unavailable for comment.
A change will enable carriers to start flying overseas immediately if they meet the minimum fleet requirement, while dealing a blow to airlines such as Interglobe Aviation.
IndiGo and SpiceJet had previously opposed such a relaxation of what is locally known as the 5/20 rule as Singapore Air started flying domestic flights in India through a joint venture known as Vistara.
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