(a) whether a seminar on Airport and Air Traffic Services was held recently at New Delhi;
(b) if so, the details of discussions held in the seminar and the outcome thereof;
(c) whether a need to improve the airport and air traffic facilities in the country have been stressed; and
(d) if so, the steps taken by the Government to improve the airport and air traffic facilities in the country?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION ( SHRI SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN )
(a), (b), (c) and (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement in reply to parts (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 292 for answer on 10/12/2001 regarding Seminar on Airport and Air Traffic Services.
(a), (b), (c) and (d):- It has come to notice that a seminar was organised on 20th October, 2001 at New Delhi by Air Traffic Controllers Guild (India), a professional body of Air Traffic Controllers of India. This was not an official event organised by either the Airports Authority of India(AAI) or the Government. The organisers have not informed about the details of the deliberations at the Seminar. However, steps are taken to modernise the Air Traffic System and communication facilities which include modernisation of Air Traffic System at Delhi and Mumbai, installation of State of the art radars at airports, provision of Instrument Landing System(ILS) at airports where jet aircraft operations are taking place etc. CAT-IIIA ILS has been installed at Delhi which would permit operation of authorised aircraft in a visibility of more than 200 metres. AAI has also initiated steps to develop satellite based communication, navigation and surveillance system at par with developments in global civil aviation.