Alliance Air sale on govt agenda: Scindia

NEW DELHI: The sale of Alliance Air is “definitely” on the agenda of the government, even as the airline continues to do its job in terms of connectivity, Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told HT in an interinterview on Tuesday, ass he discussed growth in the aviation sectorr, ties, and new among opportuniier othe issues. vestment. “Alliance In Air the is inte deefisinerim, nitely slated for dis it’s doing its job in terms of connectivity,” Scindia said.

On growth in the Indian aviation sector, he said that while domestic traffic has picked up, international traffic is still taking time. “We’re almost at pre-Covid level of 12 million per month as far as domestic air traffic is concerned. International passenger traffic, however, is taking time. It is shocking that the ddemand conturned straint has now t into a supply constra aint internajust tionally. They are not enough planes s. But having said that, we’ve w finally achieved 1,000 0 flights a day in the internat tional sector on Novemb ber 20. So we are se eeing very stro ong green

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