Flying - Luxury? Nonsense. Who says? In the last couple of years domestic air travel in India has ceased to be luxury anymore. Have you seen local business men traveling with goods in plastic bags, working / studying kids rushing home for the weekend, corporate professionals rushing to attend meetings and back by night fall??

Can all these categories be clubbed as luxury travel? Only the thrift airlines have made travel so easy for a large section of the Indian population that the segment has clearly lifted itself from the luxury category. Then why taxes on air turbine fuel in India are highest in India? The Government imposes high tax on airlines, because it takes it as luxury. Should low cost airlines like Spice Jet, Air Deccan etc be treated as Luxury? When flying cost has literally become equal to traveling by train (in some cases much cheaper than train travel as well) why the tax? The revolution brought by the low cost airlines has brought a turnaround in domestic travel market, the economy pattern and lifestyle as well, for the betterment, then why should the Government not support modernization and enhance lifestyle patterns which prompts a upswing?

Corporates & citizens can take path breaking decisions and initiate businesses, but the Government must equally support such initiatives to make it a collective victory for all.