National aviation university on the cards
MUMBAI: A national aviation university to remedy the dearth of skilled human resource in the aviation sector, a civil aviation authority to make the country's aviation regulator independent administratively and financially, an independent air accident investigation bureau, an ombudsman to handle passenger concerns, a task force for aviation security, and restructuring of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security to handle security concerns better. These are the top projects that the civil aviation ministry has embarked upon as India expects to see passenger traffic of 30 crore by 2020.
In short, the government is going for a near-complete overhaul of the existing system to equip itself for the future.
The government has begun working on all these proposals; there are no deadlines though, said minister for civil aviation Vayalar Ravi in a press briefing held on Monday. "A committee of experts has been set up to make the project report for the national aviation university. The civil aviation
ministry has approved the formation of an independent civil aviation authority and it is under examination by the law ministry," said civil aviation secretary, Dr Nasim Zaidi. elaborating on some of the plans.
The press meet was held at the end of day one of the week-long International Civil Aviation Negotiation Conference (ICAN 2011). ICAN, (organized this year by the ministry of civil aviation)
held under the aegis of the Montreal-based UN body International Civil Aviation Organization, provides a platform for aviation negotiators from different countries to conduct bilateral air services negotiations. About 350 delegates from 68 countries are attending the event and
Indian representatives will be holding negotiations on bilateral agreements with 35 countries, including Oman, Saudi Arabia, US, Austria, Switzerland. We are also looking at increasing connectivity to Africa,'' said the minister.
Earlier in the day, Roberto Gonzalez, president, council of International Civil Aviation Organization said that while speaking at the inaugural session, said that by 2030, the number of passengers from Asia-Pacific region will double from 2-6 billion to 5 billion. and a large proportion of these will be from international flights President Pratibha Patil, in her inaugural speech, said that global comparison of air travel penetrations shows that India, with 0.04 air trips per capita per annum, stands far behind developed countries with more than two air trips per capita per annum. She highlighted the importance of an economic regulator to create a level playing field, to promote competition, protect consumer interests and ensure better service levels.
"One of the key achievements of India in the last decade has been to set up an independent regulator for economic regulation of airports by an Act of Parliament, with appropriate provision of an appellate body," she said adding that deregulation of the domestic sector and liberalisation of bilateral traffic rights in the past decade has brought choices of carriers, choices of timings and fares.
National aviation university on the cards - The Times of India
MUMBAI: A national aviation university to remedy the dearth of skilled human resource in the aviation sector, a civil aviation authority to make the country's aviation regulator independent administratively and financially, an independent air accident investigation bureau, an ombudsman to handle passenger concerns, a task force for aviation security, and restructuring of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security to handle security concerns better. These are the top projects that the civil aviation ministry has embarked upon as India expects to see passenger traffic of 30 crore by 2020.
In short, the government is going for a near-complete overhaul of the existing system to equip itself for the future.
The government has begun working on all these proposals; there are no deadlines though, said minister for civil aviation Vayalar Ravi in a press briefing held on Monday. "A committee of experts has been set up to make the project report for the national aviation university. The civil aviation
ministry has approved the formation of an independent civil aviation authority and it is under examination by the law ministry," said civil aviation secretary, Dr Nasim Zaidi. elaborating on some of the plans.
The press meet was held at the end of day one of the week-long International Civil Aviation Negotiation Conference (ICAN 2011). ICAN, (organized this year by the ministry of civil aviation)
held under the aegis of the Montreal-based UN body International Civil Aviation Organization, provides a platform for aviation negotiators from different countries to conduct bilateral air services negotiations. About 350 delegates from 68 countries are attending the event and
Indian representatives will be holding negotiations on bilateral agreements with 35 countries, including Oman, Saudi Arabia, US, Austria, Switzerland. We are also looking at increasing connectivity to Africa,'' said the minister.
Earlier in the day, Roberto Gonzalez, president, council of International Civil Aviation Organization said that while speaking at the inaugural session, said that by 2030, the number of passengers from Asia-Pacific region will double from 2-6 billion to 5 billion. and a large proportion of these will be from international flights President Pratibha Patil, in her inaugural speech, said that global comparison of air travel penetrations shows that India, with 0.04 air trips per capita per annum, stands far behind developed countries with more than two air trips per capita per annum. She highlighted the importance of an economic regulator to create a level playing field, to promote competition, protect consumer interests and ensure better service levels.
"One of the key achievements of India in the last decade has been to set up an independent regulator for economic regulation of airports by an Act of Parliament, with appropriate provision of an appellate body," she said adding that deregulation of the domestic sector and liberalisation of bilateral traffic rights in the past decade has brought choices of carriers, choices of timings and fares.
National aviation university on the cards - The Times of India
