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Sunday, 24 August 2014

New policy for general aviation sector may halve licensing time for NSOPs

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is working on framing a comprehensive policy for the general aviation sector which may reduce by half the time required for issuing licenses to non-scheduled operators (NSOPs).

At present, both scheduled and nonscheduled operators have to meet the same guidelines for securing a flying licence. The proposed rules could result in NSOPs securing a flying licence in six months as compared to the year’s time required for the same currently.


A senior official in DGCA said, “NSOPs do not need to meet a lot of conditions to get a licence, which the scheduled operators have to, since they operate with less complex aircraft. We are trying to come up with a new CAR for them which would make it simpler for them to sustain operations.”

There are about 130 NSOPs in the country that are registered with the DGCA.
Read news in full 20/08/14 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard

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