Question : SERVICES UNDER NATIONAL CARRIERS

(a) the names of airlines under his Ministry operating both on international and national-routes;

(b) the prescribed age for retirement of pilots, navigators and air hostesses working in the airlines under his Ministry;

(c) the names and designations of the persons re-appointed/appointed on contract basis, provided extension of service after their retirement on the basis of recommendations alongwith names of the persons making such recommendations and the reasons therefor;

(d) the dates alongwith the pay scales in which these persons were re-employed; and

(e) the rules under which such approvals/extensions were given ?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION ( SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK )

(a)and (b): Air India and Indian Airlines under the Ministry of Civil Aviation are being operated both on international and national-routes.The age for retirement of pilots, navigators and air-hostesses in Air India and Indian Airlines is 58 years.

(c),(d) and (e) : The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.