New Delhi, Nov 4 (TIWN) The Civil Aviation Ministry seems inclined to consider SpiceJet's proposal to promote induction of wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 777 by Indian carriers.

It suggested that a large part of this traffic could have been captured by Indian carriers in case they had a fleet of wide-body aircraft. "This is primarily due to scarcity of wide body aircraft with Indian carriers," the airline argued. Niti Aayog took note of it immediately and wrote to the Aviation Ministry to give suggestions for reversing the trend.

Marked as urgent, the Niti Aayog`s Infrastructure Connectivity Vertical sought the nodal Ministry`s response on the issue at the earliest. The issues raised by SpiceJet were termed as industry-wide concerns and on the recommendation of Indian carriers. SpiceJet promoter Singh is considered close to the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP).