Ministry Approves Import of 80 Seater aircraft by scheduled Airlines

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has given permission to a number of scheduled passenger airlines to import upto 80 seater passenger aircraft. This information was given by Shri Praful Patel, Minister for Civil Aviation in the Parliament today.

The Airlines which have got approval for import of such aircraft are Alliance Air, Jet Airways, Deccan Aviation, Sahara Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines, Paramout Airways and Indus Airways.

The Government provides concessions to airlines for operating aircraft of less than 80 seats. No landing charges are levied by the Airports Authority of India on aircraft with a maximum certified capacity of less than 80 seats being operated by domestic scheduled operators. Further, in the Finance Bill 2007, it has been proposed to amend Section 14 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 by including Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) sold to aircraft with maximum take-off mass of less than 40, 000 kgs. operated by scheduled airlines.

Source : Press Information Bureau

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