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Should foreign airlines be allowed to invest in domestic aviation? by Amrit Pandurangi Sanat Kaul
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Ever since we opened up the skies and thanks to our good economic growth, India is one of the very few countries that still have healthy double-digit growth in the domestic aviation market. This is also one sector in which private participation – in both the airlines and airports sectors – has benefited customers immensely. Liberalisation has helped and we can showcase this industry as a success of our policies. The only lesson one can learn from successful liberalisation should be that we should go for more liberalisation.
 
What ails our airlines
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS What ails our airlines Sanat Kaul Posted online: 2011-11-30 00:42:37+05:30
 
In search of theoretical justification for air defence identification zones
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Abstract This article is published at a time when the world commemorates the 10th anniversary of the events of 11 September 2001, where civilian commercial aircraft were used as weapons of mass destruction. Some are of the view that Air Defence Identification Zones (ADIZ) gained prominence as a tool with which a State could control and be prepared for aircraft approaching their territory. This article discusses the role of ADIZ as a necessary precaution and addresses theoretical principles at
 
Ensuring Runway Safety - A Critical Factor In Air Transport
Friday, July 1, 2011

 
Cyber terrorism and aviation—national and international responses
Friday, July 1, 2011
Cyber crimes and cyber terrorism are becoming increasingly menacing and the latter has been identified as a distinct threat requiring attention. At the 21st Aviation Security Panel Meeting of ICAO (AVSECP/21, 22 to 26 March 2010) a new Recommended Practice related to cyber threats was proposed for adoption by the Council as part of amendment 12 to Annex 17 (Security) to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention). It was adopted on 17 November 2010, will become effective on 26 March 2011 and applicable on 1 July 2011. This
 
Cheers, IndiGo goes global
Friday, July 1, 2011

 
The Beijing Convention of 2010
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The Beijing Convention serves international civil aviation well by requiring parties to criminalize a number of new and emerging threats to the safety of civil aviation, including using aircraft as a weapon and organizing, directing, and fi nancing acts of terrorism. These new treaties refl ect the international community’s shared effort to prevent acts of terrorism against civil aviation and to prosecute and punish those who would commit them. The treaties promote cooperation between States while emphasizing the
 
Carbon trading in commercial aviation
Monday, June 6, 2011
After nearly four billion years of Earth's evolution, the hurnan species stands bewildered by its own spectacular achievements and their efïects on atmospheric composition. The world is getting warmer, prirnarily due to the continuing proliferation of carbon dioxide emitted through human activity and industry. From a trading perspective, th e operative question is whether we have the right to alter the composition of the global atmosphere if we are not in a position to definitively assess in advance the consequences?
 
2010 Space Security Index Report
Friday, September 10, 2010
Space Security 2010 is the seventh annual report on trends and developments related to security and outer space, covering the period January to December 2009.1 It is part of the broader Space Security Index (SSI) project, which aims to improve transparency with respect to space activities and provide a common, comprehensive knowledge base to support the development of national and international policies that contribute to space security. The definition of space security guiding this report reflects the express intent of the 1967 Outer
 
The Unlawful Interference Compensation Convention of 2009 and Principles of State Responsibility by Ruwantissa Abeyratne
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The Convention on Compensation for Damage to Third Parties Resulting from Acts of Unlawful Interference Involving Aircraft (Unlawful interference Compensation Convention) is one of two treaties adopted by ICAO member States in April 2009. This treaty, which is based on strict liability, brings to bear several issues, such as the liability of senior management of an airline, liability for mental injury caused by "recognizable" psychiatric illness, compensation for damage caused in any State Party, whether or not the operator
 

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