Business Aircraft Operators’ Association (BAOA), a three-year-old body dedicated to promote business aviation in India, has called for a separate regulatory framework for general aviation (GA) and allow it to grow legitimately as a business venture that creates profits both tangible and intangible besides adding to the GDP.
“Indian corporates are realising business aviation as a vital commerce tool. However, the government is still perceiving it as personal indulgence and corporate excess. We have requested the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to re-validate regulations with specific regulations for BA and create a roadmap for its growth for the next 10 to 20 years,” Rohit Kapur, president of BAOA, told mediapersons here on Tuesday.
Stating that India had a BA fleet of 170 aircraft in 2001 and 204 in 2003, he said the sector saw the start of decline in the growth rate since 2007 because of Customs duty on import of private aircraft and NSOPs (non-scheduled operator’s permit), infrastructural constraints, regulatory apathy and high-cost of operations.
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