Amausi airport flying without operations licence!

Time is running out for Amausi airport authorities to obtain a licence from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to continue operating beyond March 31, 2007.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has asked the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to ensure that all the 126 airports have valid licences to handle aircraft, passenger and cargo operations before being allowed to function in the country.
A circular issued to the AAI, dated October 16, 2006, read thus: The Central Government’s rules for licencing of aerodromes are contained in Part XI of the Aircraft Rules, 1937. The ‘Rule 78’ requires that no aerodrome be used as a regular place for landing and departure by a scheduled air transport service or for a series of landing and departure by any aircraft or cargo for hire or reward unless it has been licensed”
The licence requires the airport authorities to acquire clearance by Union Ministry of Forests & Environment, Ministry of Defence, besides district administration and local bodies for handling passengers, cargo,
aircraft handling operations at the airport.
07/11/06 Santosh Chowdhury/Hindustan Times

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