Domestic air carriers should be given a level playing field: Hardeep Singh Puri

The domestic skies are likely to see close to 580 aircraft flying by the end of the month, up from about 540-550 when an Indian carrier ceased operations in April this year, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Commerce and Housing and Urban Affairs said on Friday.

Without referring to Jet Airways by name, which temporarily ceased operations on April 17, the Minister said that private-sector organisations cannot make mistakes with the expectation that the government will bail them out.