DGCA gets more teeth

New Delhi: The recent Cabinet approval to private and greenfield airport policies has enhanced the powers of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which is now one of the key licensing authorities for almost all future airport projects in the country.
According to the greenfield policy, the DGCA and the civil aviation ministry will be single-window agencies for clearing all greenfield airport projects, including commercial passenger airports, cargo airports, private airports, airstrips and helipads.
The proposals will go to the steering committee in the ministry only if they involve contentious issues like building a second international airport within 150 km of an existing facility. Earlier, the power to clear airports was with the Cabinet.
The DGCA has also been given power to regulate foreign-registered aircraft operating in India. This would apply to foreign-registered aircraft that are wet-leased for particular operations by airline companies as well as private aircraft registered abroad.
07/05/08 Business Standard

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General May 2008