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Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation: Expansion of fleet by private airlines

09-Aug-2010
Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation: Expansion of fleet by private airlines
From August 2009, the Government has granted permission for import of 49 aircraft for Scheduled Air Transport Services, for which the permission is valid till one year.

The airline-wise details are as under:

Airline Aircraft
Jet Airways 13
JetLite 2
Spice Jet 7
Zav Airways 3
Deccan Cargo 8
Aryan Cargo 2
Go Airlines 2
Jagson 2
IndiGo 10

Apart from these, Government has also granted “in-principle approval” for import of 375 aircraft for Scheduled Operations.  These aircraft have to be imported by the year 2025.       

This information was given by the Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel in Lok Sabha today.