<p>The move is aimed to bring airports in India into the international safety and infrastructure standards. <br /><br />A notification from the Ministry of Civil Aviation has said no person can operate flights to-from airports after June 30, 2011, unless it gets DGCA licence. “This means airports can continue operations without licence up to June 30, next year,” sources in the Ministry said. <br /><br />The DGCA continued inspections and safety auditing of airports across the country to grant licences to airport operators, including the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI).<br /><br />The agency plans to issue licence to about 63 airports in the country, out of which 53 will be AAI-owned. The rest, including those in Delhi, Mumbai, Cochin, Bangalore and Hyderabad, are either privately owned or joint ventures. <br /><br />The regulator has issued licences to 15 airports and has inspected 14. It has applications for licences from 15 airports.</p>
<p>The move is aimed to bring airports in India into the international safety and infrastructure standards. <br /><br />A notification from the Ministry of Civil Aviation has said no person can operate flights to-from airports after June 30, 2011, unless it gets DGCA licence. “This means airports can continue operations without licence up to June 30, next year,” sources in the Ministry said. <br /><br />The DGCA continued inspections and safety auditing of airports across the country to grant licences to airport operators, including the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI).<br /><br />The agency plans to issue licence to about 63 airports in the country, out of which 53 will be AAI-owned. The rest, including those in Delhi, Mumbai, Cochin, Bangalore and Hyderabad, are either privately owned or joint ventures. <br /><br />The regulator has issued licences to 15 airports and has inspected 14. It has applications for licences from 15 airports.</p>
