As India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing civil aviation markets in the world, it is time that the government takes steps to make the aviation sector globally competitive beginning with a reduction in its tax structure, the head of a low-cost airline has said.
Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet, in an interview to PTI rued that the civil aviation sector in India is highly taxed and identified it as one of the major stumbling blocks in making it globally competitive.
“I think lowering of taxes and looking at aviation in a holistic sense as a job creator, as something that connects India to itself and to the world. It’s important that we take a more holistic approach to aviation,” he said