The Air India B787 Aircraft VT-ANB, while operating flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick, crashed immediately after takeoff from Ahmedabad this afternoon.
The primary focus of the meeting was on improving On-Time Performance (OTP) for each airline.
Earlier on Tuesday Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia urged West Bengal, Delhi and Punjab among eight states to reduce VAT on Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) for facilitating air connectivity to Tier-II, Tier-III cities.
Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said on Saturday that 149 people have been admitted to hospitals, 23 have been discharged, while three are critically injured in the B737 plane crash.
Thackeray said that on Sunday morning, he had spoken to civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri and requested him to give some time to do preparations.
The minister made the comments while addressing a civil aviation event, Wings India 2020.
In the second quarter of 2019-20 giant airlines like IndiGo and SpiceJet, reported losses worth Rs 1,062 crore and Rs 463 crore respectively.
