Aerospace Diary

ABACE Convention News » March 29, 2012 by  Neelam Mathews March 28, 2012, 1:00 AM With 154 aircraft, India may still have the Asia Pacific region’s second largest business jet fleet (China has an estimated 215 jets), but the industry’s growth continues to be stunted by a lack of a policy framework that applies to it, as well as by inadequate infrastructure and regulatory barriers. The  Indian Business Aviation Operators Association  (BAOA) is trying to change the government’s attitude, but the business aviation sector received only a passing mention in the latest draft civil aviation plan on which the anticipated new policy is expected to be founded. However, with new business aircraft sales of around $12 billion expected in India by 2020, the government appears to recognize the need to be transparent and to provide clarity in its policy. A team of nine members, including representatives from International ...

Neelam Mathews Feb 21, 2012 A team of nine including representatives from ICAO and Ministry of Civil Aviation is presently preparing a blueprint on Business and General Aviation in India to cover helicopters, seaplanes and fixed wing operations. The report, once ready in April, will incorporate a future strategy for the sector taking into account its present infrastructural and regulatory constraints, an official told Aerospace Diary at the third IBAE held today. This is expected to be incorporated in the new Civil Aviation policy that has presently only two pages dedicated to the lucrative but oft ignored sector. CAPA Chief South Asia Kapil Kaul was vociferous that a joint secretary level official in the ministry of civil aviation be made the point guard for general and business aviation. “We have a good secretary wanting to make changes,” said Kaul. He added the DGCA required a organization structure to oversee interests of non- scheduled operators, "as does AAI at ED le...