Lok Sabha Question No. 3910 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Safety of Airliners
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED NO. : 3910 (To be answered on the August 2018)

Safety of Airliners

3910.

SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA SHRI PR SENTHIL NATHAN SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN RK

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has chalked out any safety measures and programmes to enhance and ensure safety of airliners;
- the list of Indian Airlines operating in both domestic and international sector and the number of fleets in operation Of each airline;
- (b) if s0, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any serious note of old aircraft operated by certain airlines; and being
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) & (b) Following steps have been taken by DGCA to ensure safety of airlines:

(ii) Safety recommendations emanating from the investigation reports are followed up for implementation with the concerned agencies s0 as to prevent recurrence of similar incident in future:

() As per the annual surveillance progran,audit of the operators is carried out; Findings 0f audit report are followed up with the operator for compliance: The compliance of the action taken by the operator is further verified during the next audit:

(iii) Accident/incident data is regularly analyzed and based on the analysis; Air Safety Circulars are issued to important observations/findings to the notice of the operators to avoid the recurrence %f the accidentslincidents bring

- (d) (e) Aii aircraft operating in the country are within the laid down Civil Aviation Requirement.

(c) Details are attached in Annexure A'.

| As on 07.08.2018             | As on 07.08.2018                            | As on 07.08.2018                       | As on 07.08.2018   | As on 07.08.2018   |
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Number of Scheduled Operator | Number of Scheduled Operator                | Number of Scheduled Operator           |                    | 15                 |
| Total Number 0f Aircraft's   | Total Number 0f Aircraft's                  | Total Number 0f Aircraft's             |                    | 624                |
| S: No.                       | Name of Operator                            | Whether Operating International Sector |                    |                    |
|                              | Airasia (India) Ltd. (Air Asia)             | No                                     | 18                 |                    |
| 2                            | Air India Ltd. (Air India)                  | Yes                                    | 136                |                    |
| 3                            | Air India Express Ltd. (Air India Express   | Yes                                    | 23                 |                    |
|                              | Airline Allied Services Ltd. (Alliance Air) | No                                     | 17                 |                    |
|                              | Air Odisha Aviation Pvt: Ltd. (Air Odisha)  | No                                     |                    |                    |
|                              | Blue dart Aviation Ltd. (Cargo)             | No                                     | 6                  |                    |
|                              | Deccan Charters Pvt: Ltd. (Air Deccan_      | No                                     | 3                  |                    |
| 8                            | GO Airlines (India) Ltd. (Go Air)           | Yes*                                   | 38                 |                    |
|                              | Interglobe Aviation Ltd. (Indigo)           | Yes                                    | 175                |                    |
| 10                           | Jet Airways (India) Ltd. (Jet Airways _     | Yes                                    | 13                 |                    |
|                              | Jetlite (India) Ltd: (Jet Airways Konnect)  | No                                     | 7                  |                    |
| 12                           | Spice Jet Ltd. (Spice_ Jet)                 | Yes                                    | 58                 |                    |
| 13                           | Tata SIA Airlines Ltd. (Vistara)            | No                                     | 21                 |                    |
| 14                           | Turbo Megha Airways Pvt: Ltd. (Tru Jet)     | No                                     | 5                  |                    |
| 15                           | Zexus Air Services Pvt: Ltd. (Zoom Air)     | No                                     | 3                  |                    |