Mr Desikan by recalling Morarji Desai meeting with small and medium newspapers has brought out a very pertinent point.I worked with Mr Deasai when he was FM.He was physically straight like a ram rod :so also in his talk and action. Sir, I would like to share with your readers an experience with Morarji Desai when he was the finance Minister. I was a member of a delegation of small and medium size newspapers and magazines association of the country. We wanted to appeal to the FM requesting him to subsidize the newsprint prices or reduce taxes related to printing & publishing fo small and medium size media. We waited for the FM under a shamiana. He came, sat down and listened to the leader of the delegation patiently. Then, he relpied. : "Friends, can any one of you tell me if I had asked any one of you to publish a newspaper or magazine as the FM? There was no answer from any one of us as we none of us did. He continued," You started your paper because you wanted to make money as a business. You have to manage your business yourself. The government cannot come to your aid by subsidy. Namaskar". This statement is applicable to the CAPTAINS of our airlines. I only hope the Government will abide by the Minister's statement released today. R.Desikan Trustee Consumers Association of India Chennai 600 041. Phone: 044 2449 4576/78,
1. Reg airlines,when private players rushed into this glamour business,the ATF price was higher than present.So also state levies on ATF. Airport charges were higher.Yet many entered the business.Did these players not factor such business environment?
2. Internationally airline business is a fair weather business and most airlines have gone down and existing ones are struggling.Exceptin
3. The most unconvincing argument advanced at the FIA press conference was that the government was repsonsible for Airlines bottom lines.
4. There was no honest introspection on the way Pirvate players were running their business,mostly based on their egos and fanciful business plans.In 2005 Paris airshow these players competed with each other to fill the order books of the craft manufacturers.
5. Airtraffic grew not only becasue the economy was doping well but also becasue many had decided to acquire traffic by giving away seats free of cost.
6.If a business is not viable, you exit.
S.Narendra.
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