Government on Wednesday said that low cost domestic airline carrier IndiGo has recently got permission to function on international sectors.

As per the existing guidelines stipulated for international operations, the Indian scheduled carriers having continuous operations of at least five years in the domestic sectors and having a minimum fleet size of 20 aircraft are permitted to operate on international routes.

“As per the above guidelines, IndiGo Airlines has been granted permission recently to operate on international sectors,” Civil Aviation Minister Mr Vayalar Ravi told Lok Sabha in a written reply.

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