With fewer choppers in service, not easy to fly high this poll season
At the International Aviation Show in Hyderabad, the helicopters are missing. The reason: they are all busy ferrying politicians this election season. Bookings happened months in advance. AJS Walia of Sikorsky says whatever choppers are commercially available in the country have all been booked by the political parties for use during the election period. ''But the numbers are still very small for a large country like India. We need more helicopters,'' he says. (Read more)
