ICAO Group Spearheads Quest for Rules and Policy Changes in India
ABACE CONVENTION NEWS » 2014 by NEELAM MATHEWS With the lack of fixed-base operators in the country, general aviation aircraft experience congested parking at Delhi International Airport. April 10, 2014, 3:15 PM With general aviation regulations in India caught up in a web of complex rules, the industry has expressed a need for a stable regulatory framework that would allow it to grow in a sound, more straightforward regulatory regime. Addressing this, an ICAO -led group drafted a set of recommendations for a policy on general aviation–including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and seaplanes–and submitted them to the Ministry of Civil Aviation in April 2012. While no action has been takenas a consequence of changes in leadership over the past few months, 2014 could bring in good tidings, Rohit Kapur, president, Business Aviation Operators Association ( BAOA ) told AIN . In addition, hopes are high, he said, that...