New Delhi: The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has started issuing temporary landing permits (TLPs) to air crew of foreign-registered business jets.
“The ministry of civil aviation and the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) had written to them (to restart doing so), as it was severely affecting the movement of foreign-registered business jets into the country,” said Rajesh Bali, secretary, Business Aircraft Operators’ Association (BAOA).
In May, the MHA had stopped issuing TLPs to air crew of non-scheduled operators (NSOPs) flying into the country, citing security concerns. NSOPs could only fly in with crew visas, which took up to five weeks to process, depending on the country of application. According to industry sources, nearly 60 per cent of the 24,000 general aviation aircraft movements registered every month had been affected due to the sudden change in regulatory norms. Most of these flights were coming from America, Canada and countries in Europe.
14/09/14 Sharmishta Mukherjee/Business Standard
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“The ministry of civil aviation and the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) had written to them (to restart doing so), as it was severely affecting the movement of foreign-registered business jets into the country,” said Rajesh Bali, secretary, Business Aircraft Operators’ Association (BAOA).
In May, the MHA had stopped issuing TLPs to air crew of non-scheduled operators (NSOPs) flying into the country, citing security concerns. NSOPs could only fly in with crew visas, which took up to five weeks to process, depending on the country of application. According to industry sources, nearly 60 per cent of the 24,000 general aviation aircraft movements registered every month had been affected due to the sudden change in regulatory norms. Most of these flights were coming from America, Canada and countries in Europe.
14/09/14 Sharmishta Mukherjee/Business Standard
