New Delhi: India’s leading domestic airlines have opposed a request from the National Security Guard (NSG) to conduct anti-hijacking exercises on their fleet, fearing likely damage to the aircraft.
Instead, the domestic airlines have conveyed to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) that planes would be made available to NSG only for familiarisation and orientation and “not for exercise purpose.”
It has also requested the anti-hijacking drills to be conducted during non-operational hours at night as any such exercise during the day would lead to cancellations causing “huge” commercial losses to the airlines.
“Such cancellations shall not only cause huge inconvenience to the travelling passengers but shall also attract huge cost to the member airlines in terms of non-commercial operations and any likely damage to the aircraft during the exercise,” the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), which represents IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet and GoAir, said in a letter to BCAS.
“In view of the above and to continue the patronage with NSG, member airlines propose to provide aircraft for familiarisation and orientation purpose only during non-operational hours i.e. between 0000hrs to 0300hrs at IGI airport,” the letter stated.
03/10/16 Somesh Jha/The Hindu
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Instead, the domestic airlines have conveyed to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) that planes would be made available to NSG only for familiarisation and orientation and “not for exercise purpose.”
It has also requested the anti-hijacking drills to be conducted during non-operational hours at night as any such exercise during the day would lead to cancellations causing “huge” commercial losses to the airlines.
“Such cancellations shall not only cause huge inconvenience to the travelling passengers but shall also attract huge cost to the member airlines in terms of non-commercial operations and any likely damage to the aircraft during the exercise,” the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), which represents IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet and GoAir, said in a letter to BCAS.
“In view of the above and to continue the patronage with NSG, member airlines propose to provide aircraft for familiarisation and orientation purpose only during non-operational hours i.e. between 0000hrs to 0300hrs at IGI airport,” the letter stated.
03/10/16 Somesh Jha/The Hindu
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