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| August 1, 2009 | Patel telling the private air operators to talk rather than go on strike | New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel has urged the private air operators to come forward for negotiations rather than threatening to suspend operations on August 18. Patel said, the government understood the problems of the aviation
sector, but maintained that it would not tolerate inconvenience to the paying
public. According to Civil Aviation Ministry sources the Federation of Indian
Aviation has accepted the government's offer for a dialogue. On Friday the FIA
after it's meeting in Mumbai, had threatened to suspend domestic operations on
August 18. Private airlines are demanding a bailout package of Rs 10,000crores
in the form of lower sales tax on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and lower airport
taxes from the government. The issue of ATF tax is a state issue and the ministry
has been requesting State Governments to see reason, Patel said. The Indian private
airlines threat to suspend operations is said to be the first in the century-old
history of the global airline industry.
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