Aviation Min holds parleys with stakeholders for Budget inputs

Civil Aviation Ministry today held discussions with stakeholders to seek their suggestions for the Union Budget, days after unveiling the ambitious regional air connectivity scheme.
The meeting was attended by Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, his deputy Jayant Sinha, Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey and other senior ministry officials.
"We had a meeting with all stakeholders. We asked them to give suggestions keeping our sector's growth (in mind). They said they will do an exercise among themselves. Then they will come back to us. Whatever suggestions are there we will look at how to take them forward," Raju told PTI here.

Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of AAI's new subsidiary, he emphasised that the government wants to sustain the growth in the aviation sector and also create more jobs.
Tweeting photos of today's meeting, Sinha said, "interacting with key aviation stakeholders to get inputs on #Budget2017".
Domestic air passenger traffic has been growing at over 20 per cent for more than a year. To tap the growth potential, the ministry has also unveiled UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) that seeks to provide connectivity to un-served and under-served airports.
Registering robust growth, domestic airlines carried over 23 per cent more passengers at 82.3 lakh in September compared to the year-ago period.