The government of India announced plans to make air travel affordable to more Indians, with schemes to revive ailing airports and airstrips, tax incentives, subsidies and a two percent levy on international and some domestic routes. The plan aims to bring down airfares to 2,500 rupees ($40) per hour of flying.
According to the Centre for Asia -Pacific Aviation only 70 million of India’s 1.2 billion citizens flew domestically in 2014-2015, making it one of the world’s most under-penetrated markets . Indian’s Secretary for Civil Aviated told reporters when unveiling the plan, “The prime minister has said, it should be a policy which takes flying to masses, it should no longer confine flying only to the elite.”
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