U.S. authorities have downgraded India\’s aviation safety rating, citing a lack of safety oversight, meaning the country\’s carriers cannot increase flights to the world\’s biggest aviation market and face extra checks for existing ones.
India said it expected to resolve by March all concerns raised by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, including appointing an adequate number of flight operation inspectors, and would ask the U.S. regulator to review its decision.
\”The FAA has determined that India at this time is not in compliance with the international standards for aviation safety oversight,\” the U.S. regulator said in extracts from a communication released by the Indian government on Friday.
via UPDATE 5-U.S. FAA downgrades India aviation rating; Air India, Jet hit | Reuters.
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