The airline industry said it would consider deeper cuts in flights and routes to counter rising aviation turbine fuel (ATF) costs and falling passenger growth as a result of rising fares.

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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>This is one of the key decisions taken at a five-hour meeting among airline chiefs Friday, including Kingfisher&#39;s Vijay Mallya, Jet Airways&#39; Naresh Goyal, GoAir&#39;s Jeh Wadia and SpiceJet CEO Siddhanta Sharma under the umbrella of the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA).
</p><p class='TableClas'>Meanwhile, the civil aviation ministry has agreed to request state governments to reduce sales tax when the empowered committee of state finance ministers meets on Monday in New Delhi.
</p><p class='TableClas'>State sales tax ranges from 4 per cent to 35 per cent and makes ATF in India one of the most expensive in the world 

Airlines may cut more flights to fight ATF costs

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