Mumbai: Close to 20 Indian air charter operators will meet the Director General of Civil Aviation on Monday to request the aviation regulator to lift the recent ban on all their international flights. The operators include Tata Group's Taj Aviation and Reliance Commercial Dealers apart from the Oberoi Group's charter division.
The DGCA's order says all charter operators in India will have to get certain approvals before they can fly abroad again.
"We will tell the DGCA we shouldn't be stopped from flying abroad while scrutiny for the new set of approvals is on," said Rohit Kapur, head of Business Aircraft Owners Association, a lobbying body of business jet operators.
"The ban is unnecessary and would mean significant losses," he added.
The ban on charter operators is part of the stringent measures taken by the DGCA to improve India's aviation safety and regulatory structure, after it came under the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) scanner for not being up to global standards.
26/08/13 Economic Times
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The DGCA's order says all charter operators in India will have to get certain approvals before they can fly abroad again.
"We will tell the DGCA we shouldn't be stopped from flying abroad while scrutiny for the new set of approvals is on," said Rohit Kapur, head of Business Aircraft Owners Association, a lobbying body of business jet operators.
"The ban is unnecessary and would mean significant losses," he added.
The ban on charter operators is part of the stringent measures taken by the DGCA to improve India's aviation safety and regulatory structure, after it came under the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) scanner for not being up to global standards.
26/08/13 Economic Times
