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Government likely to revise the ‘5/20’ rules for Indian carriers

11 Mar 2015 Evaluate

In its effort to bring a balance between domestic and foreign carriers, the government is planning to revise the existing ‘5/20’ rules for Indian carriers to operate international flights. The civil aviation ministry wants the criteria to fly abroad be based on technical and financial parameters rather than the number of years of operation or the number of aircraft.

As per the existing norms, a domestic carrier wishing to fly abroad must possess a valid permit of operation, lease or purchase at least 20 aircraft and have at least five years experience in the domestic skies. The ministry may also consider taking away unused bilateral rights with existing airlines and give them to other carriers, including the new entrants who may be allowed to fly abroad.

In 2014, Indian carriers utilised 32 percent of the traffic rights on international routes against total entitlements available, while the utilisation by foreign airlines stood at 62 percent during the same period. On lucrative European routes, Indian carriers used less than 10 per cent of the capacity allocated to them, leaving most of the market share to foreign airlines. In the Asia-Pacific region, foreign carriers have a 55 per cent share, while on India-US routes, domestic airlines hardly fly, despite the unlimited rights they have.

The Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma has said that the “Operation of more airlines on international routes can address the imbalance in utilisation of bilateral traffic rights in various markets where the Indian carriers are not matching up to the capacity deployment of foreign carriers.” The report of a committee, chaired by a former civil aviation secretary, is being considered for the proposed changes in aviation.

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