New Aviation Bill Overview

Summary

The Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill, 2024, aims to replace the Aircraft Act, 1934, with updated regulations for Indias civil aviation sector. Key changes include definitions, oversight, and rule-making powers. The bill introduces new definitions for aircraft, aerodrome, maintenance, and manufacture, and unifies the approval process for telecom operator certificates. It also expands the rule-making powers of the government and the oversight capabilities of agencies like DGCA, BCAS, and AAIB. The bill provides a detailed appeals procedure and ensures continuity of previous actions taken under the Aircraft Act.

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**THE AIR APPARENT: UNPACKING THE BHARTIYA (INDIAN) VAYUYAN VIDHEYAK BILL, ***
India is one of the fastest-growing civil aviation markets in the world. The market is about to be regulated by **new** legislation. India’s lower house of parliament, Lok Sabha, last month passed the Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill, * (“Vayuyan Bill”) to replace the Aircraft Act, * (“Aircraft Act”). Rajya Sabha is yet to deliberate on it.
Much like the Aircraft Act, the Vayuyan Bill provides for the regulation and control of the design, manufacture, maintenance, possession, use, operation, sale, export, and import of aircraft and incidental matters. **Being about 90 years old,** the Aircraft Act was subject to numerous amendments, resulting in ambiguities experienced by stakeholders. **The Vayuyan Bill seeks to improve on the Aircraft Act.** The notable changes are as follows:
**A. AIRCRAFT DEFINITION**
- Section *(*) of the Vayuyan Bill amends the definition of "aircraft" to: "any machine