Monday, March 18, 2019

Pune airport officials to watch over unscheduled flights

Pune: The airport authorities in Pune have orders from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to keep watch over unscheduled flight movements. Pune airport witnesses an average of 10 unscheduled flight movements per day, most of them chartered.
 “The BCAS has sent instructions regarding unscheduled flight movements in the wake of the general elections. A system is being readied to ensure that the instructions are strictly adhered to. We are on the alert since it is a defence airport,” an airport official told TOI.
 The BCAS guidelines come in the wake of the model code of conduct and focuses on steps to curb the movements of unauthorized items, especially cash, sources told TOI. There are instructions to check flight movements to and from unserved, remote and underserved airports and airstrips too. Maharashtra has a good number of such airports and airstrips
. “The Airports Authority of India (AAI), directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) will coordinate and inform the police and the income tax department if flights are taking off or landing in such airstrips. Similar instructions have been laid out for unscheduled flights at airports with heavy passenger movements which includes Pune. The Air Traffic Control will share unscheduled movements with the CEO and the district administration officials in advance,” another official said.
 18/03/19 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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