78.
Licensing of Aerodromes – (1)
No aerodrome other than a
defence aerodrome shall be used as a regular place of landing and departure by a
scheduled air transport service or for a series of landings and departures by
any aircraft carrying passengers or cargo for hire or reward unless --
(a) it has been licensed for the purpose,
and save in accordance with the conditions prescribed in such licence; or
(b) it has been approved by the
Director-General, subject to such
conditions as he may deem fit to impose, for the purpose of operation of flights in the event of
national or international crisis, natural calamities, emergencies or otherwise
requiring such flights to carry material goods
for relief purposes, or for giving joyrides for hire or reward:
Provided that any person already
permitted and operating scheduled air transport services to an aerodrome before
the commencement of the Aircraft (4th Amendment) Rules, 2004 may continue
operation of such services till the aerodrome operator obtains the licence from
the Director-General by the date to be notified by the Central Government.
(1A) A defence aerodrome shall not be used as a regular place of landing and departure by a scheduled air transport service, unless it has been certified as per the requirements specified by the Director-General:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-rule shall apply to a defence aerodrome, for such a period as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette, if such scheduled air transport services are already operating to that aerodrome on the date of commencement of the Aircraft (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2016.
(2)
An aerodrome shall be licensed by the Central Government in one of the
following categories, namely:- (a) for
public use; (b) for private use, that this is to say, for use by the licensee
and by individuals specifically authorized by the licensee.
(3)
An aerodrome may be licensed for all types of aircraft or for certain
specified types or classes of aircraft and the licence may specify the
conditions on which the aerodrome may be used.
(4)
No person shall operate or cause to be operated any flight from a temporary aerodrome or an aerodrome
which has not been licensed or approved, as the case may be, under these rules
unless it meets the minimum safety
requirements laid down by the
Director-General.
[Substituted by – GSR No. 732(E) dated 02-11-2004
Amended by
GSR No.
977(E) dated
5-10-2016]