Indian aviation minister says no proposal from Qatar Airways for domestic airline yet
A lot of interest had been generated when Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker recently announced that they were planning to make a foray into the Indian aviation scene with the launch of a 100% owned domestic airline.
The move, which was requested by India's aviation ministry in the first place, was enthusiastically taken up by travellers, but garnered a lot of opposition from the Federation of Indian Airlines, made up of major domestic players like SpiceJet and IndiGo.
However, since then, nothing much has been heard about Qatar Airways plans. Now, Indian Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said that the Ministry has not yet received any proposal from Qatar Airways for setting up the domestic airline, reported Hindu Business Line.
When Qatar launched the airlines, it is expected to be in partnership with the Qatar Investment Fund. Watch this space for further developments.
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Chief can also leverage his Indian lineage...