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Under annexure 9 of the Chicago Convention, as a member country of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), we are required to facilitate the arrival of air crew into India. If there is a change in regulations, it has to be notified. India has not filed the change and has, at the same time, held that TLPs will now be issued only for scheduled airlines and not air crew of non-scheduled operators (NSOPs), due to security concerns. It has also made it mandatory for air crew to have employment visas for extended trips. This has affected movement of business jets, said Rajesh Bali, secretary, Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA). NSOPs can only fly in with crew visas now which takes up to five weeks to process, depending on the country of application. Click NEXT to read more...
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Bali added: With FDI norms being liberalised, there is a need for more business trips to India. Because of these changes, both
business and tourism earnings are being hit. We have written to the government recommending if security concerns need to be addressed, advance passenger information system (APIS) could be made mandatory for NSOPs. This will enable MHA to scrutinise personally any passenger or crew flying in on business jets, as it happens in the case of scheduled airlines. Alternatively, the industry body has recommended, if MHA intends to move to a framework where air crew of general aviation aircraft would be issued crew visa for 3-5 years to fly into the country (as is the norm in the US), in the interim, TLPs be continued to be issued till permanent regulations are determined and frozen. BAOA has approached DGCA and MHA to look into the issue. Click NEXT to read more...
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CLIPPING WINGS?
The home ministry has stopped issuing temporary landing permits to air crew of foreign-registered business jets
MHA has also made it mandatory for air crew of non-scheduled operators registered abroad to have an employment visa to fly within India after landing The regulatory changes have affected 60% of the 24,000 general aviation aircraft movement that take place every month Industry fears loss of revenues in business and tourism due to the directive. Airport operators in metros stand to lose Rs 30,000 per aircraft in landing, parking and navigation charges per inbound general aviation flight cancelled
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