Decrease VAT on aviation fuel for making air travel affordable: Civil Aviation secretary to states

HYDERABAD: Telangana government should decrease VAT on aviation fuel to ease the burden on airline players and make air travel affordable, urged secretary of civil aviation N Choubey on Thursday.

N Choubey speaking at the inaugural of 'Wings India 2018', the flagship event of the aviation sector in Hyderabad, said, “There are about 400 million middle-class people in India and if each one of them buys at least two tickets, 800 million tickets will be sold. But for that to happen, air tickets have to be made affordable.

“There are challenges like lack of land for airports expansion, high aviation fuel costs and others. State governments should consider decreasing the tax on aviation fuel, to decrease the burden on airline operators," added Choubey.

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