Charter operators and private jet owners will henceforth have to submit requisite proposals and demonstrate operational capability to fly to different geographic regions across the world, barring which their operations will be restricted to within India.
As per the latest directive, starting July 1 the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will withdraw permissions given to all air operators' permit (AOP) holders to fly worldwide, unless they apply to fly on a region-wise basis (unlike the blanket permission available to fly worldwide at present) and then follow it up by carrying out a proving flight to the desired region.
While a senior Flight Operations Inspector (FOI) of the DGCA said this has been done to satisfy the requirements of the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), operators have questioned the appeasement logic. They said the new rule will hit non-scheduled operators hard as they have nonplanned operations and it would be difficult to know beforehand what regions they need to have permits for. Non-scheduled operators believe they will lose flexibility and find it difficult to schedule flight crew, given that they may require specific training to fly to different geographic areas.
03/06/15 Aditya Anand/Mumbai Mirror
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As per the latest directive, starting July 1 the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will withdraw permissions given to all air operators' permit (AOP) holders to fly worldwide, unless they apply to fly on a region-wise basis (unlike the blanket permission available to fly worldwide at present) and then follow it up by carrying out a proving flight to the desired region.
While a senior Flight Operations Inspector (FOI) of the DGCA said this has been done to satisfy the requirements of the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), operators have questioned the appeasement logic. They said the new rule will hit non-scheduled operators hard as they have nonplanned operations and it would be difficult to know beforehand what regions they need to have permits for. Non-scheduled operators believe they will lose flexibility and find it difficult to schedule flight crew, given that they may require specific training to fly to different geographic areas.
03/06/15 Aditya Anand/Mumbai Mirror
