New Delhi: Indo-US ties are on the rebound, with the election of Narendra Modi as PM helping the two countries get over strained relations witnessed in last days of UPA-II. America, which had downgraded India's aviation safety ranking this January, is now helping the country get back its top billing.
The US Trade Development Agency (USTDA) is funding the appointment of America's The Wicks Group (TWG) as advisors to the downgraded directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA). It has started working with the DGCA to identify its weaknesses in various fields like rules, regulations and practices and then will help it rectify them.
The downgrade by US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was a direct result of UPA-I and II's abject failure to strengthen the DGCA to ensure it had the resources to ensure safety in India's civil aviation sector that saw meteoric rise of mishaps since the advent of low-cost airlines here from 2005. It has dealt a body blow to Indian carriers as they cannot add new flights to US and aircraft of desi airlines can be held up for checks indefinitely at foreign airports as the DGCA's ability to ensure safety is now suspect globally.
12/06/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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The US Trade Development Agency (USTDA) is funding the appointment of America's The Wicks Group (TWG) as advisors to the downgraded directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA). It has started working with the DGCA to identify its weaknesses in various fields like rules, regulations and practices and then will help it rectify them.
The downgrade by US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was a direct result of UPA-I and II's abject failure to strengthen the DGCA to ensure it had the resources to ensure safety in India's civil aviation sector that saw meteoric rise of mishaps since the advent of low-cost airlines here from 2005. It has dealt a body blow to Indian carriers as they cannot add new flights to US and aircraft of desi airlines can be held up for checks indefinitely at foreign airports as the DGCA's ability to ensure safety is now suspect globally.
12/06/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
