Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has requested Aviation secretary PS Kharola to call a meeting of boosting cargo flight operations at the Amritsar airport. “India follows a very liberal air policy. Foreign and Indian airlines can operate scheduled international cargo flights from any point of India, including Chandigarh and Amritsar,” the minister tweeted. In order to promote agricultural exports, the government launched Krishi Udan scheme in August under which landing and parking charges are waived by the AAI for each such cargo flight at the airport wherein agriculture product is more than 50 per cent of the total chargeable weight carried. |