Indian Air Safety Ranking May Return To Category I
The Ministry of Civil Aviation expects Indian International Air safety ranking to return to Category I in a couple of months, Minister of State for Civil Aviation G.M. Siddeshwar said here on Saturday.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has addressed the deficiencies related to the safety ranking.In a month or two, we should move back from Category II to Category I,he announced at a seminar here.
In January this year, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority, which is considered the global standard, downgraded the national civil Aviation regulator on the grounds that its safety performance did not match best International standards. Technically, a downgrade affects route expansion plans of Indian Airlines that fly to the U.S. and will delay Airport clearances for their Flights there.
Mr. Siddeshwar said the Centre had urged the State governments to rationalise their respective sales tax levies on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) to a uniform level; their responses were awaited.
States currently levy ATF taxes ranging from 4 per cent to 33 per cent, with Karnataka among the highest and Andhra Pradesh at 1 per cent. Airlines spend almost half of their revenues on jet fuel.The Centre is working with the States and talking to Chief Ministers to lower the tax structure and support the aviation industry,Mr. Siddeshwar said.
He was addressing a seminar organised by the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries.
Earlier, Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. R.K. Tyagi urged the Minister to look into the tax structure related to the aerospace MRO sector.
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation expects Indian International Air safety ranking to return to Category I in a couple of months, Minister of State for Civil Aviation G.M. Siddeshwar said here on Saturday.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has addressed the deficiencies related to the safety ranking.In a month or two, we should move back from Category II to Category I,he announced at a seminar here.
In January this year, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority, which is considered the global standard, downgraded the national civil Aviation regulator on the grounds that its safety performance did not match best International standards. Technically, a downgrade affects route expansion plans of Indian Airlines that fly to the U.S. and will delay Airport clearances for their Flights there.
Mr. Siddeshwar said the Centre had urged the State governments to rationalise their respective sales tax levies on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) to a uniform level; their responses were awaited.
States currently levy ATF taxes ranging from 4 per cent to 33 per cent, with Karnataka among the highest and Andhra Pradesh at 1 per cent. Airlines spend almost half of their revenues on jet fuel.The Centre is working with the States and talking to Chief Ministers to lower the tax structure and support the aviation industry,Mr. Siddeshwar said.
He was addressing a seminar organised by the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries.
Earlier, Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. R.K. Tyagi urged the Minister to look into the tax structure related to the aerospace MRO sector.
Indian Aviation News,
Indian Aerospace Technologies,
Indian International Air safety ranking,
Indian Airlines that fly to the U.S.
Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries,
sales tax levies on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF),
Mohini Porwal [ B Sc]
Trainee News Editor
Indian Aviation News Editor
WWW.Indian-Aviation-News.blogspot.com
mohini.aerosoft@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005944964687
www.AeroSoft.co.in
www.Philippine-Aviation-News.blogspot.com
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