The government is working on a policy for regional airlines and helicopter operators so as to boost last mile connectivity, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday. The minister said the emphasis has to be on smaller town airports as well as regional connectivity in India.
“That poses its own sets of issues – economies of scale, leasing costs and pricing – and those are the things we are exploring today,” he said at an event organised by industry body ASSOCHAM.
“We are going to come out with a policy for regional airlines and for helicopters to make them much more economical, to make them much more pervasive, and to provide that last mile connectivity because growth is also going to come from that sector,” he mentioned.
