New Delhi: Regional carrier Air Costa has moved the aviation regulator DGCA for securing a pan-India flying permit, which would allow it expand operations to airports across the country.
The Vijayawada-headquartered airline had been granted the mandatory “No-objection certificate” by the civil aviation ministry in 2015. The DGCA has rece-ived Air Costa’s application for national permit last month, which is being processed for further action, a DGCA official said on Friday.
Under the existing rules, a regional airline connects smaller destinations to the major metro of that region. It does not operate outside the region and does not connect to more than one metro. The country has been divided into north, east, west, south and northeast regions for this purpose.
DGCA will examine in detail documents submitted with the application before taking any decision in this regard, the official said.
