Banglore: Several companies have had to stop using drones to provide services such as aerial photography after the aviation authority banned the operation of these unmanned vehicles in civilian airspace until regulations are in place.
The decision has set back plans of companies offering a variety of services using drones, including those by online retailer Amazon to deploy them to speed up delivery of products to consumers, according to defence analyst Debajit Sarkar of research firm Market Info Group.
Mumbai-based Airpix, with clients such as Reliance Energy and builders Kalpataru and Omkar Realtors, had to stop offering its flagship aerial photography service since the Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued the circular earlier this month.
"We have reached out to DGCA and we are yet to figure out what to do," said Shinil Shekhar, the 25-year-old cofounder of Airpix.
30/10/14 Krithika Krishnamurthy & Malavika Murali/Economic Times
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The decision has set back plans of companies offering a variety of services using drones, including those by online retailer Amazon to deploy them to speed up delivery of products to consumers, according to defence analyst Debajit Sarkar of research firm Market Info Group.
Mumbai-based Airpix, with clients such as Reliance Energy and builders Kalpataru and Omkar Realtors, had to stop offering its flagship aerial photography service since the Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued the circular earlier this month.
"We have reached out to DGCA and we are yet to figure out what to do," said Shinil Shekhar, the 25-year-old cofounder of Airpix.
30/10/14 Krithika Krishnamurthy & Malavika Murali/Economic Times
