Kozhikode: The chances for Calicut International Airport to resume the operation of wide-bodied aircraft in the near future look bleak, with the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) disapproving the compatibility study report submitted by the Airports Authority of India on the operation of the modern versions of Boeing and Airbus at the airport.
A senior AAI official in New Delhi told The Hindu on Wednesday that the Director of Operations (Aero Standards), D.C. Sharma, had apprised the Calicut airport authorities that the compatibility study report on the operation of wide-bodied aircraft did not include mitigating measures to be taken by airline and airport operators in respect of non-compliance with the formal requirements.
This was after the Flights Standards Division of the DGCA examined the proposal to commence the operation of wide-bodied types — B-777 200 Extended Range; B777- 200 Longer Range; Boeing 787 - 800 (Dreamliner), which is long-haul and mid-size; Boeing 777- 300 Extended Range, and Airbus 330 — at the airport.
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The official said the safety assessment done by airline companies was generic in nature, taking all aircraft into consideration, and the responsibility arising out of residual risk was not accepted by airline companies and the airport.
The DGCA decision comes even as airline companies such as Emirates, Saudia (Saudi Arabian Airlines), and Air India that served West Asia expressed willingness to operate wide-bodied aircraft.
The operation of wide-bodied aircraft under Code E was banned at the airport from May 2015 in the wake of a Court of Inquiry report on the Air India Express Boeing 737 crash in Mangaluru in May 2010.
24/05/18 Biju Govind/The Hindu
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A senior AAI official in New Delhi told The Hindu on Wednesday that the Director of Operations (Aero Standards), D.C. Sharma, had apprised the Calicut airport authorities that the compatibility study report on the operation of wide-bodied aircraft did not include mitigating measures to be taken by airline and airport operators in respect of non-compliance with the formal requirements.
This was after the Flights Standards Division of the DGCA examined the proposal to commence the operation of wide-bodied types — B-777 200 Extended Range; B777- 200 Longer Range; Boeing 787 - 800 (Dreamliner), which is long-haul and mid-size; Boeing 777- 300 Extended Range, and Airbus 330 — at the airport.
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The official said the safety assessment done by airline companies was generic in nature, taking all aircraft into consideration, and the responsibility arising out of residual risk was not accepted by airline companies and the airport.
The DGCA decision comes even as airline companies such as Emirates, Saudia (Saudi Arabian Airlines), and Air India that served West Asia expressed willingness to operate wide-bodied aircraft.
The operation of wide-bodied aircraft under Code E was banned at the airport from May 2015 in the wake of a Court of Inquiry report on the Air India Express Boeing 737 crash in Mangaluru in May 2010.
24/05/18 Biju Govind/The Hindu
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