Telugu Desam Party’s, K Ram Mohan Naidu on Thursday took charge as the civil aviation minister. He said that one of the most important priorities for him will be to create an ease of flying scenario in civil aviation as air travel is becoming more and more approachable to the common man, and that has always been the motto of this government.
“We will make civil aviation or the air travel in this country more approachable to the common man of this country, and more easily accessible…I’m stressing the word ease of flying, let it be, in the sense of the comfort, or the convenience or the safety, security, whatever aspects it comes regarding the passenger that is choosing air travel, we would make him the core of whatever planning or thought process we are going through today,” Naidu said.
He said that he plans to open more routes to Tier II and III cities, as well as convince state governments to reduce VAT on jet fuel to bring down airfares.
On the redressal of grievances, he assured that new technologies like AI and other digital tools will help in dealing with passenger complaints.
Naidu said that infrastructure creation will be fast-tracked, especially the completion of Bhogapuram airport, situated in north Andhra Pradesh.