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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mission : To achieve highest standards of safety and quality in air traffic serv ices and airport management by providing state-of-the-art infrastructure for tot al customer satisfaction, contributing to economic growth and prosperity of the nation. Vision : To be a world-class organization providing leadership in air traffic services an d airport management & making India a major hub in Asia Pacific region by 2016. About AAI About Us AAI Board AAI Today Organization Organizational Structure

Airports Authority of India (AAI) manages a total of 125 Airports, which include 11 International Airports, 08 Customs Airports, 81 Domestic Airports and 25 Civ il Enclaves at Defence Airfields. AAI also provides Air Traffic Management Servi ces (ATMS) over entire Indian Air Space and adjoining oceanic areas with ground installations at all Airports and 25 other locations to ensure safety of Aircraf t operations. The Airports at Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Calicut, Guwahati, Jaipur, Trivandrum, Kolk ata & Chennai, which today are established as International Airports, are open t o operations even by Foreign International Airlines. Besides, the International flights, National Flag Carriers operate from Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Varana si, and Gaya Airports. Not only this but also the Tourist Charters now touch Agr a, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna Airports etc. AAI has entered into a Joint Venture at Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Nagpur Airports to upgrade these Airports and emulate the world standards. All major air-routes over Indian landmass are Radar covered (29 Radar installati ons at 11 locations) along with VOR/DVOR coverage (89 installations) co-located with Distance Measuring Equipment (90 installations). 52 runways are provided wi th ILS installations with Night Landing Facilities at most of these Airports and Automatic Message Switching System at 15 Airports. AAI's successful implementation of Automatic Dependence Surveillance System (ADS S), using indigenous technology, at Calcutta and Chennai Air Traffic Control Cen tres, gave India the distinction of being the first country to use this advanced technology in the South East Asian region thus enabling effective Air Traffic C ontrol over oceanic areas using satellite mode of communication. Use of remote c ontrolled VHF coverage, along with satellite communication links, has given adde d strength to our ATMS. Linking of 80 locations by V-Sat installations shall vas

tly enhance Air Traffic Management and in turn safety of aircraft operations bes ides enabling administrative and operational control over our extensive Airport network. Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures have already been impleme nted at Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad Airports and are likely to be implemented at other Airports in phased manner. AAI has undertaken GAGAN project in technological collaboration with Indian Spac e and Research Organization (ISRO), where the satellite based system will be use d for navigation. The navigation signals thus received from the GPS will be augm ented to achieve the navigational requirement of aircrafts. First Phase of techn ology demonstration system has already been successfully completed in February 2 008. Development team has been geared up to upgrade the system in operational ph ase. AAI has also planned to provide Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) at Delhi and Mumbai Airports. This GBAS equipment will be capable of providing CategoryII (curved approach) landing signals to the aircrafts thus replacing the existin g instrument landing system in the long run, which is required at each end of th e runway. The Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (ASMGCS), installed at Delhi, has upgraded operation to runway 28 from CAT-IIIA level to CAT-IIIB leve l. CAT-IIIA system permits landing of aircrafts up to visibility of 200mtrs. How ever, CAT-IIIB will permit safe landing at the Airports at a visibility below 20 0mtrs but above 50mtrs. AAI's endeavour, in enhanced focus on 'customer's expectations', has evinced ent husiastic response to independent agency, which has organised customer satisfact ion surveys at 30 busy Airports. These surveys have enabled us to undertake impr ovements on aspects recommended by the Airport users. The receptacles for our 'B usiness Reply Letters' at Airports have gained popularity; these responses enabl e us to understand the changing aspirations of Airport users. During the first y ear of the millennium, AAI endeavours to make its operations more transparent an d also make available the instantaneous information to customers by deploying st ate-of-art Information Technology. The specific training, focus on improving the employee response and the professi onal skill up-gradation, has been manifested. AAI's four training establishments viz. Civil Aviation Training College (CATC) - Allahabad, National Institute of Aviation Management and Research (NIAMAR) - Delhi and Fire Training Centres (FTC s) at Delhi & Kolkata are expected to be busier than ever before. AAI has also undertaken initiatives to upgrade training facilities at CATC Allah abad and Hyderabad Airport. Aerodrome Visual Simulator (AVS) has been provided a t CATC recently and non-radar procedural ATC simulator equipment is being suppli ed to CATC Allahabad and Hyderabad Airport. AAI is having a dedicated Flight Inspection Unit (FIU) and it has fleet of three aircrafts fitted with latest state-of-art fully automatic flight inspection sys tem capable of inspecting. ILS up to Cat-III VOR (CVOR/DVOR) DME NDB VGSI (PAPI, VASI) RADAR (ASR/MSSR) In addition to in house flight calibration of nav aids, AAI also undertakes flig ht calibration of nav aids for Air force, Navy, Coast Guard and other private Ai rfields in India.