Deccan Charters finds North Bengal a difficult place to land

North Bengal is turning out to be a difficult place to land for Deccan Charters.
The non-scheduled passenger service started by Air Deccan founder GR Gopinath, after he sold out his stake in the low-cost airline to Kingfisher's Mallya had planned to start operating flights from Kolkata to Coochbehar in August, when it also started flying from Kolkata to Jamshedpur.
However, over a month and a half after services commenced to the Steel City, Deccan is yet to get all approvals from authorities to land at Coochbehar airport, which has been lying idle for almost two decades but underwent renovation more recently.
"The BCAS (Bureau of Civil Aviation Security) has given its report to the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), which had cleared us for landing in Coochbehar. However, the DGCA is yet to inform the AAI (Airports Authority of India), which has to give us the final clearance," a Deccan Charters official said.
While the DGCA is the primary civil aviation sector regulator in the country, the main responsibility of the BCAS is to lay down standards and measures for security of civil flights across airports in India.
01/11/10 Business Standard/Sify

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