2. Who control airlines in India?
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation
(DGCA) is the regulatory body in the field of Civil
Aviation, primarily dealing with safety issues. It is
responsible for regulation of air transport services
to/from/within India and for enforcement of civil air
regulations, air safety, and airworthiness standards.
3. SCHEDULED OPERATORS
Scheduled Aircraft Operator means a Civil Aircraft
Operator engaged in transportation by aircraft
operated wholly or in part on regular flights to
and from the Airport in accordance with
published schedules
A scheduled service operator offers flights on a regular
basis be it hourly, daily, or monthly schedules. The
departure times are fixed and so is the routing. Flight
details are very static and standard.
4. EXAMPLES
AIR INDIA
VISTARA
AIR ASIA
AIR INDIA EXPRESS
INDIGO
SPICEJET
GO AIR
8. NON SCHEDULED OPERATORS
A non-scheduled airline is a company that offers
unscheduled air transport
services of passengers or goods at an hourly or per mile
/ kilometer charge for chartering the entire aircraft
along with crew.
A non-scheduled airline may hold domestic or
international licences, or both, and operates under the
regulations prescribed by its national civil aviation
authority(DGCA).
9. EXAMPLES
Fern Aviation India Pvt. Ltd
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.
Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd
Club one air Ltd
Raymond Ltd.
13. AIR CARGO OPERATIONS
Air cargo is another term for air freight. It is the
carriage or the transportation of goods through an air
carrier. Transport services via air are the most valuable
when it comes to moving express shipments around
the globe and it consists of air mail, air freight and air
express.
Globally, more than one – third of the value of goods
traded internationally is transported by air and
therefore Air Cargo industry is considered as a
barometer of Global Economic Health.
17. AIR AMBULANCE
an aircraft and especially a helicopter equipped for
transporting the injured or sick people.
Most air ambulances carry critically ill or injured
patients, whose condition could rapidly change for the
worse.
The air ambulances are fitted with ventilators, oxygen
cylinders, ICU equipment, nebulizer machines and
other emergency tools, along with isolation pods for
COVID-19 patients.