Civil aviation has three functional sub sectors; operational, infrastructural and regulatory-cum-developmental.
Civil
Aviation
Civil aviation has three
functional sub sectors; operational, infrastructural and regulatory-cum-developmental.
On the operational side, indian airlines limited, vayudoot (which functions as
a separate identifiable division of indian airlines limited) and private
airlines (scheduled and non-scheduled) provide domestic air services. Air india
limited and indian airlines limited are domestic airlines, which provide
international air services. Pawan hans limited provides helicopter support
services, primarily to the petroleum sector.
Infrastructural facilities are
provided by the International Airports Authority of India (IAAI) and the
National Airports Authority (NAA). These two authorities are being merged to
form a single authority viz. Airports authority of india as a result of the
enactment of the airportsauthority of india act, 1994. The regulatory and
developmental functions are looked after by the ministry of civil aviation and
the offices of the directorate general of civil aviation. The air corporation
act, 1953, was repealed on march 1, 1994, ending the monopoly of indian
airlines, air india and vayudoot over scheduled air transport services. Six
private operators, who were hitherto operating as air taxis, have since been
granted scheduled airlines status.
Indian airlines has also geared
itself since june 1993 to the challenging task of adopting itself to a
competitive environment. Several measures have been taken, mainly centered on
making the organization adopt a marketing approach to decision-making and
considerably to improve the quality of its product. It has improved its passenger
facilities both on board and on the ground, on time performance; flight safety
measures and has also increased employee participation to provide better
services.
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