NEW DELHI, Mar 24: Investments worth Rs 36,000 crore have been planned for development of greenfield airports under the public private partnership mode, Union minister V K Singh said on Thursday and also cited “highly price-sensitive customers” and high taxes on jet fuel as major challenges faced by the country’s civil aviation sector. In written replies to Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation also said that adequate safety measures are already in place for ensuring safe operation […]
Captain Majid Akhtar in his reply to the charge sheet, that has been accessed by NDTV, has said the crash was caused by the arrestor barrier installed at the Gwalior airport about which he was not informed by the Air Traffic Controller (ATC).
By challenging a damning report on the crash of one of its planes, the SA Civil Aviation Authority is clearly concerned about its reputation and rightly so, says an aviation law expert.