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Delhi seeks opinions on air-link fund - Debate on subsidies
The Telegraph | Guwahati, April 3:
The ministry of civil aviation is inviting comments from stakeholders on the proposed Rs 100-crore essential air services fund to boost air connectivity in places like the Northeast. Two committees last year had recommended the establishment of the fund to provide subsidies to airlines operating on economically unviable routes.
A source said the ministry is now inviting comments on various issues related to the proposed fund. It wants to know whether funds under the scheme can be utilised for subsidising, partly or fully, air travel operations to certain areas.
Though over a period of time, air connectivity in the Northeast has grown from 290 flights per week in 2007 to 370 flights per week in 2011, it is a fact that air connectivity has largely been confined to very few airports in the region
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