Question : RELAXATION IN AIR SERVICE NORMS

(a) whether the air service norms are being relaxed to let international airlines fly any aircraft to India;

(b) if so, the details and the present status thereof; and

(c) the salient features of the new civil aviation policy?;

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION ( SHRI K. C. VENUGOPAL )

(a) & (b) No, Madam. There is no proposal to relax air service norms to let international airlines fly any aircraft to India.

(c) The Ministry of Civil Aviation is in the process of formulation of the National Civil Aviation Policy.