On February 1, 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her third Budget.
The year gone by has forced airlines to focus sharply on cutting costs and tweaking internal dynamics for survival.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sector has seen major erosion in air traffic, resulting in mass lay-offs in the industry.
In the first of a series on Budget 2021, Dominic Xavier hopes the FinMIn will give India's struggling airlines a break.
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