Hyderabad: “We were completely ignored in the draft civil aviation which was released a while ago. But we established bridges, we are confident that we will get a better deal,” said Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA) President, Jayant Nadkarni.
On the sidelines of the 2nd edition of BizAVIndia conference, BAOA’s annual event, he said from a negative growth of one per cent in the last fiscal, the sector was now in the ‘0 to 2’ per cent growth bracket. “It will be slow, but we expect the civil aviation policy to be announced soon, to take our concerns into consideration and take steps that will propel growth,” he said, on the eve of the Aviation Show that begins here on Wednesday.
As it celebrates its 5{+t}{+h}birthday, the 87 member-strong BAOA that was incorporated on March 31, 2011 with a total of 11 Founding Members was definitely on course to being recognised as a contributor to growth, he said.
It comprises operators who have a 600-strong fleet of different aircraft including 140 business jets (4, 8, 10 and 12-seaters), about 200 to 250 helicopters that could carry between two and 8 passengers and the turbo props that mostly came with a two or 4-seater option. All these are the ones that are used by VVIPs for different purposes, including high-profile politicians and industrialists.
16/03/16 Suresh Krishnanmoorthy/The Hindu
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On the sidelines of the 2nd edition of BizAVIndia conference, BAOA’s annual event, he said from a negative growth of one per cent in the last fiscal, the sector was now in the ‘0 to 2’ per cent growth bracket. “It will be slow, but we expect the civil aviation policy to be announced soon, to take our concerns into consideration and take steps that will propel growth,” he said, on the eve of the Aviation Show that begins here on Wednesday.
As it celebrates its 5{+t}{+h}birthday, the 87 member-strong BAOA that was incorporated on March 31, 2011 with a total of 11 Founding Members was definitely on course to being recognised as a contributor to growth, he said.
It comprises operators who have a 600-strong fleet of different aircraft including 140 business jets (4, 8, 10 and 12-seaters), about 200 to 250 helicopters that could carry between two and 8 passengers and the turbo props that mostly came with a two or 4-seater option. All these are the ones that are used by VVIPs for different purposes, including high-profile politicians and industrialists.
16/03/16 Suresh Krishnanmoorthy/The Hindu
