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In January 1978, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) was established as a department of the DGCA. As a result of the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, on 1 April 1987 the BCAS became an independent agency of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. [9]
India is the world's third-largest civil aviation market (as of January 2018). [1] It recorded air traffic of 131 million passengers in 2016. [18] The market is also estimated to have 800 aircraft by 2020.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (naagar vimaanan mantraalay) in India is the nodal ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for the development and regulation of civil aviation. It devises and implements schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of civil air transport in the country.
The BCAS was reorganized into an independent department in April , 1987 under the Ministry of Civil Aviation as a sequel to the Kanishka Tragedy in June 1985. The main responsibility of BCAS is to lay down standards and measures in respect of security of civil flights at International and domestic airports in India. [2]
National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP 2016) is government policy approved by Union Cabinet on 15 June, 2016. [1] The NCAP 2016 covers the broad policy areas, such as Regional connectivity, Safety, Air Transport Operations, 5/20 Requirement for International Operations, Bilateral traffic rights, Fiscal Support, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, Air-cargo, Aeronautical 'Make in India'.
The Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 is an Act of the Parliament of India. This Act provides for regulation and control of the design, manufacture, maintenance, possession, use, operation, sale, export and import of aircraft and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. [1] [2] [3] This Act replaced the Aircraft Act, 1934.
The National Civil Aviation Policy 2016 set the guidelines and goals for operations of civil aviation. [21] India is the third largest civilian aviation market with airlines carrying more than 200 million passengers in 2020. [22]
In the United States, pilot certification is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). A pilot is certified under the authority of Parts 61 and 141 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, also known as the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). [2]