Federation of Indian Airlines

The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) is an airline industry body in India. Its members are IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir.[2] The functions of the FIA are carried out by an Executive Council composed of the heads of each of the member airlines.[1]

Federation of Indian Airlines
AbbreviationFIA
Formation2006 (2006)
TypeAirline industry body
Region
India
Membership (2017)
4
Chairman
Rahul Bhatia
Associate Director
Ujjwal Dey[1]
Websitewww.fiaindia.in

The FIA was founded in 2006. Air India was a founding member of the body, but withdrew in 2014.[3] Jet Airways was a member of the FIA until it ceased operations due to bankruptcy in April 2019. As of March 2017, the four members of the FIA had a combined 80% share of the domestic aviation market.[4]

In October 2016, the FIA filed an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the aviation permits granted to AirAsia India.[5] In February 2017, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) rejected the FIA's plea to cancel the permit granted to AirAsia India.[6] In March 2017, the FIA opposed Qatar Airways plan to launch an airline in India.[4]

References
  1. Ahlawat, Seemant. "About Us". Federation Of Indian Airlines. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  2. "Relaxed airline FDI norms to have security implications: Federation of Indian Airlines". dna. 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  3. "IndiGo obstructing Air India's entry into Federation of Indian Airlines". Millennium Post. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. Shukla, Tarun (2017-03-10). "Qatar Airways' India airline plan may face opposition from airlines lobby FIA". Mint. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  5. Vishwanath, Apurva (2016-10-27). "Tata Sons, AirAsia face legal challenge in SC over grant of aviation permits". Mint. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  6. "Indian DGCA okays AirAsia India brand agreement". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
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