Nagpur - As many as 63 airports in India, including those in Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi and Hyderabad, are being operated without a valid licence, Director General of Civil Aviation has told the Bombay High Court.
The Nagpur Airport is also among the defaulters who have not procured licence from DGCA, an affidavit filed by the civil aviation authority contended.
The affidavit was filed on Wednesday in the court of Justice Sharad Bobade and Justice Mridula Bhatkar in response to a PIL challenging transfer of Nagpur airport to MIHAN India Pvt Ltd (MIPL) from Airports Authority of India (AAI).
After receiving assurance from MIPL that till June 30, 2011, it will remove 25 deficiencies from the total 59 pointed out by the DGCA in regard to infrastructure and functioning of Nagpur airport, the court directed the DGCA to ensure this should be complied with within a month.
The court also directed DGCA to take further steps to issue licenses for running the airports.
Through a government notification, it has been made clear that no person would be able to operate scheduled air transport service to/from an aerodrome from June 30, unless it was licensed, DGCA said.
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