Govt indifferent to ‘mayhem’ in aviation industry: BJP

“The government,which has been tom-tomming the exponential growth in domestic and international sector,had prompted the airlines to put in place major expansion and business plans which have hit a roadblock now,” he added.

He said if this trend continues “it would not be long before we find some of the major airlines shutting shops…we witness the concern exhibited towards Air India which causes inadvertent heartburn in the private sector”.

The former Civil Aviation minister claimed that while state-run Air India is “perennially sick”,private airline Kingfisher has run into a financial crisis.

“Other low-cost carriers like Spicejet and Indigo have been charging the private airport operators with burdening the airlines with excessive and irrational landing charges,” he said and expressed concern over growing unemployment in this sector.