Monday, December 25, 2006

4 Services should be provided in an airport or a civil enclave

4.1
Airport and civil enclave has been defined in the Finance Act. These are well defined enclosed area which include airstrip, parking bay, hangers for aircraft, maintenance area, passenger handling area, cargo handling area, air traffic control facilities, amenities, all buildings, shed and other open area inside the airport/civil enclave.

4.2
A service provided by the AA or an authorised person outside the airport or civil enclave is beyond the scope of airport service.

4.3
Further, airport and heliport are defined separately in the AAI Act. Section 2 (j) of the AAI Act defines "heliport" as an area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure, used or intended to be used for the landing and take-of of helicopters and includes any area for parking helicopters and all buildings and structures thereon or appertaining thereto. On the other hand, as aforesaid, airport has been defined under section 2(b) of the AAI Act, which usually has runways. Therefore, services provided at heliports do not fall within the scope of airport service.

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