Highlights of the Civil Aviation Policy cleared by cabinet

This new policy aims at providing various benefits to domestic airline passengers.

Here are some of the highlights:

# Capping of fare: Rs 1,200 for 30 minutes and Rs 2,500 for hour-long flights.

# A single window for all aviation related transactions, complaints, etc.

# 5/20 rule that allows a carrier to fly abroad only if it has 20 aircraft and has flown domestic for five years.

# Two per cent levy on all air tickets to fund regional connectivity scheme and providing viability gap funding for airlines to encourage operations on regional routes.

# Restoration of air strips at a maximum cost of Rs 50 crore through Airports Authority of India (AAI).

# Permission for Indian carriers to get into code-sharing agreement with foreign carriers for any destination within India.

# More focus on ease-of-doing business as government plans to liberalise regime of regional flights.