Rotorcraft
India's Bizav Seeks More Room for Helicopters
Major proposals intended to give the sector a boost have so far languished.

A working group will be formed by early January to look into the travails of India's helicopter industry, Jayant Sinha, state minister for civil aviation confirmed at the second annual Aero Expo held in Delhi on November 2. Languishing in India for sheer lack of awareness and political will, helicopter services were set to get a boost in the new civil aviation policy announced last year. But the major proposals, including one on helicopters being free to fly below 5,000 feet without prior ATC clearance, has not been implemented, as an air defense clearance has yet to be resolved.


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