Spicejet to get the delivery of 3 more Q400 This week
Aviation is taxed as luxury in India: SpiceJet
By TBM Staff | Mumbai
Relatively high cost of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) is hurting the industry, said Neil Mills, CEO of SpiceJet Ltd, as per a TOI report. “We pay anything between 16 per cent and 30 per cent as Sales Tax depending on the individual states. In most parts of the world, it doesn't exceed three per cent for domestic flights. The difference is that most countries have recognised aviation as an infrastructure. In a country as large as India, the alternatives of going by train or by road are not viable. At the moment, aviation is taxed as luxury in India,” Mills added.
Investment recovery mechanism of the Indian airports is also faulty, observed Mills, who had earlier worked with the UK's EasyJet. “Infrastructure in India has grown up over a very short period of time and a huge amount of money is spent on that. In most parts of the world, when you build an airport, you recover the money in 10 to 40 years' time, but here, we have a mechanism which recovers the money in five years,” he said, highlighting the fact that airport charges are high in the country.
The airline, which currently operates 325 flights with 48 aircraft, is planning to add eight more aircraft to its fleet. "Three of them from Bombardier will arrive this week, and we will add another five Boeings within four months,” he informed.
This is the closest thread I could find to discuss why India should invest in indigenous inventions of aircrafts. It could be for commercial or military purposes. The Govt. of India/Indian aviation invests Billions of $s in procuring aircrafts from abroad (don't want to name the countries). With the money that is spent overseas for aircraft procurement, India could fund aircraft research projects within India that could open up the aviation market with the Indian minds put together. India churns out 1000s of aerospace and aeronautical engineers, if all these brains were retained and used for the betterment of Indian aviation, think of the might, recognition, and advancement Indian aviation could reach.
This is the closest thread I could find to discuss why India should invest in indigenous inventions of aircrafts. It could be for commercial or military purposes. The Govt. of India/Indian aviation invests Billions of $s in procuring aircrafts from abroad (don't want to name the countries). With the money that is spent overseas for aircraft procurement, India could fund aircraft research projects within India that could open up the aviation market with the Indian minds put together. India churns out 1000s of aerospace and aeronautical engineers, if all these brains were retained and used for the betterment of Indian aviation, think of the might, recognition, and advancement Indian aviation could reach.
We have great engineers, but neither do we have the best entrepreneurs around to invest, take risk, channelize and manage these engineers nor planners or thinkers for the govt to have the vision and will.
New Delhi: Low cost carriers, IndiGo and SpiceJet have got the nod from Aircraft Acquisition Committee (AAC) of the Civil Aviation Ministry to import more aircrafts. "The AAC, headed by S Machendranathan, the additional secretary and financial adviser of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has cleared the proposal of IndiGo to import four Airbus 320 and SpiceJet to import three Boeing 737 aircraft recently," official sources said.
The proposal now awaits the final nod from the Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh before the two airlines are allowed to import the planes. The decision to allow IndiGo to import more aircraft has come at a time when it is facing problems from the Government in importing 16 A320 aircraft which is part of the order of original 100 aircraft for which the airline already has in-principle approval.
"The AAC had earlier given them permission to bring in five aircraft. Now they have got the permission to bring four more as they said they had to maintain the delivery schedule," the sources said.
IndiGo currently has 63 aircraft. It plans to induct three of the five cleared planes this year and two more in this fiscal year. "The Government is to soon receive two reports on enhancing regional connectivity. These reports would be merged into one and the new norms would have to be approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation before being implemented," a senior Government official said.
Sources said IndiGo does not have small aircraft like ATRs to operate flights to tier II and tier III cities but plans to acquire some as "they also felt necessary to have them in order to expand their operations."
^^ Govt need not invest all the amt. Let it involve the private sector too. All it needs to bring is advanced research supporting national policy and tax cuts and sops for companies or startups that are ready to do research and invest in future technologies. And for heaven's sake remove the red tape and stop poking into everything that everyone does. The sheer number of clearances and attestations from different ministries discourage you from starting anything in India
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet has reportedly agreed to purchase about 40 Boeing 737 aircraft in a deal valued at more than $4bn at list prices. (source)
Both the a/c serve different purposes (range, capacity, etc) so it would be difficult to answer your question, as it is difficult to answer the question that i put forth!
But yes, if you are looking for comfort, then the 787 is the better of the two - for the fact that its a new build, incorporating all the latest tech available for comfort (more quieter engines, mood lighting, new seats, etc...)
Also the older models of the 777 are fuel in-effecient as per today's standards when directly compared to the 777 (something which is unwarranted as it it like comparing apples with oranges). So that's another drawback if you'd like to see it literally!
There should be direct flights from india to toronto , vancuver , san francisco , los angeles .
surprising that there is not even one direct flight . There are so many indians who travel there .
is it because that lot of fuel is required that there is no direct flight.
imo there should be research done in getting a commercially viable concorde with a larger capacity. Cz India to USA or India to Australia or japan to east coast air travel is a nightmare. And something faster is desperately needed to increase traffic, commerce business tourism etc
Air India's 16th 787, VT-ANQ, has been delivered and is expected to reach DEL in another couple of hours.
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