New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is hopeful of clearing the safety audit being conducted by US aviation regulator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on back of favourable assessment by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) last month.
ICAO had in August removed India from a list of 13 nations including Angola, Congo, Haiti, Kazakhstan with worst air safety oversight after a compliance audit of DGCA’s mechanisms.
“The FAA is conducting an independent audit of air safety mechanisms in India. However, the favourable assessment made by ICAO last month will certainly help us”, said a top official at DGCA.
The FAA is scheduled to brief the DGCA of its findings on Friday.
The FAA audit is significant because if the US aviation regulatory finds any irregularities in its safety audit it could downgrade India. This would mean no new flights by Indian airlines Air India and Jet Airways to the United States.
10/09/13 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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ICAO had in August removed India from a list of 13 nations including Angola, Congo, Haiti, Kazakhstan with worst air safety oversight after a compliance audit of DGCA’s mechanisms.
“The FAA is conducting an independent audit of air safety mechanisms in India. However, the favourable assessment made by ICAO last month will certainly help us”, said a top official at DGCA.
The FAA is scheduled to brief the DGCA of its findings on Friday.
The FAA audit is significant because if the US aviation regulatory finds any irregularities in its safety audit it could downgrade India. This would mean no new flights by Indian airlines Air India and Jet Airways to the United States.
10/09/13 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
