Domestic airlines can now import aircraft that are up to 18 years old into the country with the government amending more than two-decade rules in this regard.
The move is expected to provide a fillip for the government’s ambitious efforts to boost regional air connectivity as it gives more leeway for operators in expanding their fleet.
Till now, aircraft that are more than 15 years old were not allowed to be imported.
As part of larger efforts to improve the ease of doing business in the domestic aviation sector, which has huge growth potential, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has made changes to rules that had come into effect way back in July 1993.
With the revised norms, pressurised aircraft that are not over 18 years old or those which have not completed 50 per cent of design economic pressurisation cycle can be imported. Marqise Lee Jersey