DGCA may take a new avatar as CCA with more powers

New Delhi: A proposal to convert the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) into an autonomous regulatory body with more financial and administrative teeth, would soon be placed before the government.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has completed a study and recommended converting the DGCA into 'Civil Aviation Authority of India' (CAA), which would be set up in line with autonomous or semi-autonomous bodies like the US Federal Aviation Authority or the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
"The proposal will be placed before the government in three to four weeks," DGCA chief SNA Zaidi told.
The proposed CAA would have more flexibility in terms of its financing, administration and hiring of trained manpower, Zaidi said in reply to a question.
14/02/10 PTI/Economic Times

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Feb 2010