December 13, 2023: Union minister of civil aviation and steel Jyotiraditya Scindia on December 12 asked airlines to focus on bolstering connectivity of tier-2 and tier-3 cites such as Ayodhya and Surat with international destinations. The minister asked the airline operators in the country to submit individual aircraft induction as well as deployment plans for the next six months keeping that in mind.
The minister also advised that airlines must focus on point-to-point direct connectivity, and thus, ramp up capacities with wide body and narrow-body-long-range aircraft.
Scindia also emphased on the need for enhancing on-time performance (OTP) of each airline, and instructed the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to relook technical specifications at VFR-equipped (visual flight rules) airports to help enhance OTP of airlines.
He also reviewed the self-monitoring mechanism with regard to airfares followed by each airline, and emphasised upon keeping fares in check on select few routes. The DGCA Tariff Monitoring Unit has been institutionalised to routinely monitor airfares on routes selected on a random basis.
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