Lok Sabha Question No. 2060 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: More Powers to DGCA
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: BALKA SUMAN, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, GAURAV GOGOI

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2060

(To be answered on the

July 2016) 28th`

## MORE POWERS TO DGCA

SHRI SUMAN BALKA SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M SCINDIA SHRI GAURAV GOGOI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has decided to further empower the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to effectively regulate core activities in the aviation sector;
- (c) the details of violations by airlines and the airports which came t0 the notice of DGCA in the past three years and action recommended/taken by the DGCA;
- (b) if the details thereof; SO,
- (d) whether the Government has taken any action on the recommendations of DGCA on such violations; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) (b) A new Civil Aviation Policy has recently been finalized wherein a decision has been taken to give more administrative; financial and functional autonomy to DGCA to ensure safety and regulation of core activities of Aviation sector.

(c) to (e) The details of violations by Airlines/ Airports where enforcement actions was taken by DGCA is attached as Annexure-A.

- (e) if the details thereof? SO,

## Enforcement action taken aqainst the Airlines and Airports

| No   | Name of AirlineslAirport      | No_of_Cases   | No_of_Cases   | No_of_Cases   | No_of_Cases           |
|------|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
| No   | Name of AirlineslAirport      | 2013          |               | 2015          | 2016( Till 26.07.2016 |
| 1    | Air Asia (India) Pvt: Ltd_    | NIA           | 5             | 5             | 1                     |
| 2    | Air India Ltd_                | 51            | 68            | 58            | 11                    |
| 3    | Air Charter                   | 7             | 36            | 0             | 0                     |
| 4_   | Jet Airways (India) Pvt: Ltd. | 47            | 57            | 58            | 11                    |
| 5_   |                               | 13            | 8             | 5 |      | 0                     |
| 6_   | Spice Jet Ltd,                |               | 50            | 26            | 3                     |
| 7    | Blue Dart Aviation Ltd_       | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0                     |
| 8    | Go Airlines (India) Pvt. Ltd. | 11            | 19            | 23            | 3                     |
| 9    | Inter Globe Aviation          | 12            | 32            | 38            | 3                     |
|      | Alliance Air                  | 1             |               | 0             | 0                     |
| 11_  | Vistara                       | NIA           | NIA           |               | 2                     |
| 12_  | Air Pegasus                   | NIA           | NIA           | NIA           | 5                     |
| 13.  | Air Carnival                  | NIA           | NIA           | NIA           | 1                     |
| 14.  |                               | NIA           | NIA           | NIA           | 1                     |
| 15   | Orbit Aviation Pvt: Ltd_      | NIA           | NIA           | NIA           |                       |
| 16_  | Turbo Mega Airways            | NIA           | NIA           | NIA           | 1                     |
| 17   | Quikjet Cargo Airlines        | NIA           | NIA           | NIA           | 6                     |
| 18.  | Jabalpur Airport              | NIA           | NIA           | 01            | NIA                   |
|      | Total                         | 169           | 275           | 230           | 49                    |

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