AI, IA airfare to Gulf exhorbitant: Minister PTI [SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2004] DUBAI : Slamming national carriers Air India and Indian Airlines for allegedly fleecing passengers in the Gulf, visiting Kerala minister for information, culture and NRIs said his state will join hands with Punjab and Andhra Pradesh to take up the issue with the Centre.
" Punjab sends a large number of people to the Gulf and so do other states like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. As the high airfare is not an issue affecting only Kerala anymore, it is advisable to make a joint effort provided the state Cabinet approves it," M M Hassan told in a meeting organised by the Indian Media Forum here on Saturday evening. Hassan said the state will urge the Centre to open up the skies in the Gulf sector too as it has done in the far eastern and Sri Lanka sector. Though the state had scrapped air turbine fuel tax for international carriers, AI and the IA have not passed the benefit to the passengers in full, he said. Two businessmen, M B R Shetty who has set up a pharmaceutical sector in Abu Dhabi as a joint venture with UAE and M Yusuf Ali, a major shareholder in the Kochi International Airport voiced support for slashing the airfare. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
