Aerospace Diary

AINALERTS  »  OCTOBER 18, 2012 by    NEELAM MATHEWS October 18, 2012, 3:25 PM The Indian government looks set to reform complex rules that have made it hard for charter operators to expand services. The country’s Business Aviation Operators Association ( BAOA ) is in talks with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to permit nonscheduled operators to enter into codeshares with scheduled airlines to provide feeder services to remote destinations with short and unpaved runways. “Discussions are also on for [merging] the scheduled operator permit with the nonscheduled operator’s permit [ NSOP ] under a common air operator permit, as is the global norm,”  BAOA  president Rohit Kapur told  AIN . As things stand  NSOP  operators cannot legally publish or advertise flight departures or sell tickets to individual passengers. In practice they have to quietly take bookings from passengers and then coordinate the departur...

Posted by- Neelam Mathews Feb 2, 2012  Bangalore-based - all-cargo airline, QUIKJET Cargo, says it has approval of  Air Operating Certificate  by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) paving the way for launch of the commercial services. It is not clear when the services will be launched. QUIKJET Cargo has inducted an ATR72 Freighter aircraft with a Large-Cargo-Door, offering a payload of up to 8000Kg in an all-bulk loading configuration.  The ATR 72F is known to be a versatile aircraft for regional feeder routes with ability to operate from short runways and offering quick turnaround times. The large cargo door version facilitates the carriage of outsized loads and high-volume shipments. Going forward, the company will augment its fleet with aircraft offering varying payload to provide a regional and national air cargo network Quikjet has been certified for carriage of all classes of dangerous goods and hazardous materials.    While the...