Wednesday, November 5, 2014

some facts about CIVIL AVIATION IN INDIA:


   India is the 9th largest civil aviation market in the world
    The Indian civil aviation sector handles about 414,000 passengers every month. Annual passenger traffic growth is about 20%
    Civil aviation in India falls under the purview of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
    Civil aviation is regulated under the Aircraft Act 1934 and Aircraft Rules 1937
    The oldest airport in the country is the Nagpur airport
    The oldest airline in India was Tata Airlines, founded in 1932. It was re-named as Air India in 1946
    The first airline service in India was by Tata Airlines in 1932, flying mail from Karachi to Bombay
    The first international air service was by Air India in 1948, between Bombay and London

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