Civil Aviation policy to be announced next month: Rudy

BANGALORE: The new civil aviation policy aimed at turning the country''s aviation sector into "world class" would be announced by the government next month, Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Thursday.
"We have laid the ground work" to announce the new civil aviation policy next month, Rudy told reporters before taking off on an Indian Air Force HPT-32 trainer aircraft to start the Air Race India 2003 here today.
In India, out of a population of one billion, about 26 million flew, whereas over 648 million people used air transport in the rest of the world, he said.
Rudy said the aim of the government was to make civil aviation affordable, accommodative and promote connectivity in the country.
"We have built world class roads, have a world class IT industry and now it is the turn of civil aviation sector to turn world class," he said, adding the private industry would play a major role in the future.