The Ministry of Civil Aviation is responsible for the formulation of
national policies and programmes for development and regulation of civil
aviation and for devising and implementing schemes for oderly growth
and expansion of civil air transport. Its functions also extend to
overseeing the provision for airport facilities, air traffic services,
carriage of passengers and goods by air, safeguarding civil aviations
operations, regulations of air transport services, licensing of
aerodromes, air carriers, pilots and aircrafts maintenance engineers.
The ministry also administratively controls the institution of
Commission of Railway Safety, which is responsible for the safety in
rail travel and operations in terms of provisions of the Railways Act.
India has been a member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and is also on the Counicl of ICAO since its operations. The civil aviations sector has three main functional divisions - regulatory, infrastructural and operational.
Cargo : Airports Authority of India (AAI) has established integrated cargo terminals at metro airports viz Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, wherein all the regulatory and facilitating agencies have been housed under one roof in order to faciliate faster porcessing/movement/clearance of international cargo. The management of Delhi and Mumbai Airports have been taken over by the two seperate JVCs namely Delhi International Airport Limited and Mumbai International Airport Limited respectively, with effect from 3rd May 2006.
Airports Authority of India : Airports Authority of India (AAI) was constituted on 1st April 1995 by merging erstwhile National Airports Authority (NAA) and International Airport Authority of India (IAAI). The integration of NAA and IAAI was aimed to derive the synergy of merger and build a new organisation to take up upcoming challenges in competitive environment. Civil aviation, world over, has gone a sea change and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is ready to meet these challenges both at national and international levels.
Training : AAI imparts trainings at its own Civil Aviation Training College, Allahabad on various operational areas like Air Traffic Control, Radars, Communication, etc. It maintains the National Institute of Aviation Management and Research (NIAMAR) at Delhi for imparting various aviation management training programmes and refresher courses. In addition there is a Fire Service Training School at Narayanpur near Kolkata and the Fire Training Centre at New Delhi for imparting training and conducting refresher courses on fire fighting rescue services.
India has been a member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and is also on the Counicl of ICAO since its operations. The civil aviations sector has three main functional divisions - regulatory, infrastructural and operational.
Cargo : Airports Authority of India (AAI) has established integrated cargo terminals at metro airports viz Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, wherein all the regulatory and facilitating agencies have been housed under one roof in order to faciliate faster porcessing/movement/clearance of international cargo. The management of Delhi and Mumbai Airports have been taken over by the two seperate JVCs namely Delhi International Airport Limited and Mumbai International Airport Limited respectively, with effect from 3rd May 2006.
Airports Authority of India : Airports Authority of India (AAI) was constituted on 1st April 1995 by merging erstwhile National Airports Authority (NAA) and International Airport Authority of India (IAAI). The integration of NAA and IAAI was aimed to derive the synergy of merger and build a new organisation to take up upcoming challenges in competitive environment. Civil aviation, world over, has gone a sea change and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is ready to meet these challenges both at national and international levels.
Training : AAI imparts trainings at its own Civil Aviation Training College, Allahabad on various operational areas like Air Traffic Control, Radars, Communication, etc. It maintains the National Institute of Aviation Management and Research (NIAMAR) at Delhi for imparting various aviation management training programmes and refresher courses. In addition there is a Fire Service Training School at Narayanpur near Kolkata and the Fire Training Centre at New Delhi for imparting training and conducting refresher courses on fire fighting rescue services.
There is also the growing trend of the "pay-for-training" jobs where a pilot is expected to spend tens of thousands of dollars, often just to be considered for a job where he is paid a salary so low it would take him years to recover his investment. Pilots Forum
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