No.AV.31 022 l01l 2017'CNW Government of Ministry of Givil Aviation (Goordi nation*&Welfare Section) - Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, B-Block' , New Delhi, 16th January, 2017

The undersigned is directed to circulate herewith a copy of the unclassified portion of the Monthly Summary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the Month of December. 2017 for kind information.

(Satyendra Kumar Mishra) Joint Secretary to the Government of India To

1. All Members of the Council of Ministerc

2. The Press Information Officer (PlO)' {Shri P.K. MohantY, C&F (lOA)} Ministry of lnformation & Broadcasting' Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.

Copy, with a copy of the Summary, forwarded to;- 1. The Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. The Secretary, Legislative Department, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi' 3. The Secretary, Oepartment of Education, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi' 4. The Secret"w, O"b"rtment of Statistics, Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi. S. The Secretafi, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Anusandhan Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi. 6. The Secretary, Miiistry of Urban Development, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi' 7. The Secret"ry, O"p"rtment of Defence Production, South Block, New Delhi. L The Secrei"w, frrfini.try of New & Renewable Energy, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO ComPlex, New Delhi. g. The Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi' 10.The Secretary, Oeparthent of Tourism, Transport Bhawan, New Delhi' 11.The Secretary, Department of Road Transport & Highways, Transport Bhawan, New Delhi. Delhi' 12.The Secretary, Department of Shipping,'Uliashankar, Transport Bhawal, New l3.Cabinet Secietariat (Ms. Deepti Joint Secretary), Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. Copy'i. with a coPY of Summary also to:- Director'(fu1&C), CivilAviation, PlB, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. ROI to the Council of lCAb, 999, University Street, Suite 14.30, Montreal Quebek, Canada H3C5J9. achievements during the month: lmportant Policy decisions taken and major

1. Ministrv of Civil Aviation 2017 were carried by dome-slic airlines during January-November' (i) Passengers the ionesponding period of 10s9.34 takhs f,irrt'Joyi"qg 9@ of 17 p-revious y-earthereby-registeringre ""- "d"in"t grov*h '27%'

(PGCAI 2. Director General of Civil Aviation A.Thefo||owingGARshavebeenissuedduringthemonthofDecember' 2017:' lssue/Renewal and suspension of special (i) cAR Section 2 Series F Part xxll- Certificate of Airworthiness' Training Organization. (ii) cAR 147 _ npproveJ Basic Maintenance n"qrt"m.e-nts for operation of Foreign (iii) CAR Section 3 SLi6t C Part Xll - iaiG;o Air.r"tt-nvlnoi"n operators on Dry Lease Basis.

revised during the month of December, B. The fo||owing GARs have been 2017:- operation of commercial Air Transport (i) GAR Section 8 Series o Part - ll - AeroPlanes. - - | Rules of the Air' (ii) CnC S!.iion 9 Series C Part - (iii) cARSectionzseriesGPart-l-Defectrecording'reporting' and investigation, rectification analysis' , air,'r,,fr bv lndi Criieria for leasing ofai aircraft by Indian (iv) CAR Section 3 s"il". C Part - | operators: ^ A^-:^^ r^ Da* n Minimum requtirements for grant of (v) CAn S".tion 3 Series C Part - ll - Permittooperate-s.n"out"dPassengerAirTranspolServices.for grant of Air series c part - x:li - Requirements (vi) cAR section 3 Services' S.n"Ouled Commuter Air Transport Operator CertificJe ioi of non- 3 series F part --i - Requirements for issue (vii) cAR section clearing agency' flight and enrolment of a flight scheduled "t""t"n."s

a. 05 FATA issued and 183 ,,, 41g Licenses / Ratings were issued incruding December, 2017 (ii) Fllit?:.ffii'&q1"n"es issued durins the month of ' including 27 tourist charter flights' (iii) t"o td"i'#rilil;'il#ii6 permit renewed durins the month of the month or i,, ffi:"6ii',a,3ll$."dured operating permit renewed during December,2017' aircraft issued. (v) nine tdgt uo.-orpermission to imporuacquire D. Aerodrome License of Airport were issued:- (i) Airport was issued on 15.12.2017 under Public Use. (ii) Airport was issued on 21.12.2017 under Public Use. (iii) Baldota Koppal was issued on29.12.2017 under Private Use.

E. (i) Surveillance/lnspection of FTOs - 02 (ii) Approval of CFI - 03 (iii) Approval of Dy.CFl - 01 (iv) Pilot Oral Exam - AFIR/FIR (Session-Oct,2017) - 26 Candidates. (v) Authorization of Glider lnstructor - 07.

F. (i) Type Acceptance has been granted to FAA/EASA Type Certificates for following aeronautical product for operation of aircraft in India: o Aircraft . Bombardier aircraft model BD-700-1A10 (updated TCDS) -. Airbus aircraft model A320-2141-216 with increase of max pax. (ii) Type Acceptance issued to following FAA/EASA STC/Major Change Approval for incorporation of modifications on Indian registered Aircraft: o Aircraft

.-Bombardier aircraft model BD-7oo-1A1 1 .

3. Bureau of Givil Aviation SecuriW (BCAS)

(i) 01 Security Audit of airports carried out; (ii) 35 Security inspection of airports carried out; (iii) 17 Security Monitoring/surprise checks carried out; (iv) 70 Security Tests carried out to test the efficacy of security system; (v) 01 Security Survey of airports carried out. (vi) 44 aviation security training programme conducted for 1456 persons; and (vii) Approval of security programme accorded to 11 Aircraft Operators

(Sched u Ie/Non-Sched u le/Private Category).

4. Airports Authoritv of India (AAl)

(i) The Airports Authority of India (AAl) has earned a profit of Rs.234.73 crores after deduction of tax during the month of December,2O17.

(ii) Inauguration of New Terminal Building, ATC Tower-cum-Technical Block- cum-Fire Station, Substation & Other Ancillary Buildings and Services at HubballiAirport by the Hon'ble Minister of CivilAviation on 12.12.2017. (iii) Inauguration of 15 MWp Ground Mounted Solar PV Plant at NSCBI Airport, Kolkata by the Hon'ble Minister of civilAviation on 5.12.2017.

(iv) A memorandum of understanding was signed on 13th Dec 2017 between Rescue Coordination Centre, Mumbai (AAl) and MRCC Mumbai (lndian Goast Guard) for cooperation on Search and Rescue over Oceanic Airspace.

(v) Offline billing for e-POS system for DFS has been made Go-Live at Ahmedabad Airport.

(vi) AtP Supplement on Establishment of ATS Route L639 (CDR 2) had been promulgated, with effect from 1st Feb, 2018.

(vii) Alp Supplement on Realignment of Connector ATS Route V41 had been promulgated, with effect from 1st Feb, 2018'

(viii) Alp Supplement on Restructuring of Temporary Segregated Areas (TSA) at Ramnad had been promulgated, with effect from 1st Feb, 2018.

5. Air India Ltd.

(i) on Time Performance for the month of December, 2017

Domestic OTP lnternational OTP Network OTP Month (Tol (%l (%l

Dec-l 7 74.2 75.9 74.8

(ii) Air India Market Share Market Sector Share (%) month of SePtember, 2017 16.0 Domestic for the month of October, 2017 13.6

(iii) Fleet Size

As on 13.12.2017 Air India 115 Air India express 23 15 Total 153

(iv) Air India has introduced new flights on the following route during the month of December,2017: (i) Delhi-Bangkok-Delhi -2nd Frequency - Daily. (iD Bangkok-Chandigarh-Bangkok - 4 flights per week. (iiil eangt

(v) Alliance Air has introduced new flights on the following route during the month of December,2017: (i) Ghennai-Coimbatore-Hyderabad-Pune-Goa & vice versa Days 123457 w.e.f. 01st Dec. 2017 (ii) Delhi-Jaipur-Agra-Jaipur-Delhi - Days 124 w.e.f .08th Dec. 2017.

(vi) Other significant achievement Completed "C' check of Jet Airways A-330 aircraft in 19 days time. (i) uGu (ii) Completed 2rd check of ATR-600 aircraft at Shamsabad, Hyderabad. (iii) Major check carried out on A-319 aircraft belonging to Lessor M/s Avlon resulting into saving significant foreign exchange revenue.

5. Gommission of Railwav Safetv (CRSI

(i) During December 2017, statutory inspections were conducted before opening of Twelve (12) lines for public carriage of passengers.

(ii) During December 2017, Ten (10) Periodical or other Inspections of Railways made by the Commissioner of RaiMay Safety.

(iii) Status of implementation of e-Governance: Total No. of files Total No. of e-files 365 330 (Digitization I Migration of remaining files is under progress)

6. Status of Public Grievances in MoGA

No. of Public Grievances No. of Grievances pending at redressed during the month the end of the month 396 280

Note: This is for kind information that a copy of the Monthly Summary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the month of November,2017 is also availabb at the

M i n istry's website (http ://www. civi laviation. gov. i n).