Jyotiraditya Scindia Is All Set To Revive Covid – Hit Aviation Sector

The civil aviation ministry on Wednesday created three advisory groups for airlines, airports and MROs (maintenance, repair and overhaul units) comprising government officials and industry leaders, to discuss and find solutions to issues impacting the sector.

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will head the Airlines Group, which will also include V.K. Singh, Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Chief Arun Kumar, Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal, Go First Director Ness Wadia, Indigo Promoter Rahul Bhatia, SpiceJet Chairman and MD Ajay Singh, Vistara Chairman Bhaskar Bhatt and AirAsia India CEO Sunil Bhaskaran.

The Airlines Group will counsel the government on enhancing domestic and international connectivity, leasing and financing of aircraft, aircraft and component manufacturing, and manpower skilling.

The airports group will include the aviation minister, minister of state, ministry secretary, director generals of DGCA and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), chairpersons of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) and Airports Authority of India (AAI). GMR group chairman G.B.S. Raju, Adani group vice president Jeet Adani, and Bangalore airport managing director and chief executive Hari K. Marar are also part of the group.

This group will advise Jyotiraditya Scindia on airport capacity expansion, infrastructure augmentation and modernization, tariff-related and other regulatory issues, and capital expenditure targets of airports, among others.

The MRO group will consist of senior government officials and industry officials from their respective fields. It will advise on evolving a strategy to ensure the growth of MRO, ground handling, cargo and flying training organization sectors, the Civil Aviation Ministry circular said.

It is meant to help create a congenial ecosystem in the country by suggesting regulatory, policy improvements and measures for better efficiency and growth of the civil aviation sector.