Praful Patel, India, India's ever-optimistic minister ofcivilaviation, says the mergerwill be done "thisfiscalyear", butfewofficialsorobserversbelievehim.
India's Civil Aviation Minister has said the weather and visibility were good, and there were no apparent signs of trouble when the flight landed.
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At a press conference following the auction, Brazilian MinisterofCivilAviation Wagner Bittencourt said that the high premium obtained from the concession verifies Brazil as a secure and opportune investment.
"Given the fuel leakage incidents occurred in succession, the minister directed the aviation director of the Regional CivilAviation Bureau to open an investigation and find the causes of the two leaks as soon as possible, " the ministry said in a statement.
In this election, voters can choose the status quo -- with some lip service to post-revolutionary reality -- in the form of former foreign minister and later Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa or ex-civil aviationminister and briefly prime minister Ahmed Shafik.