Analysts said they were surprised by the DGCA move as the time to seek public comments was over. “The public notice should have been before the NOC stage and not at this juncture,” said Kapil Kaul, chief executive officer of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, an aviation think-tank.
This is despite the venture having been cleared by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) and receiving the Civil Aviation Ministry’s no-objection certificate (NOC).
The notice comes after AirAsia went through a two-month objection period last year, during which, the public and interested parties had time to file objections, if any.
AirAsia India is a 49:30:21 joint venture between AirAsia, Asia’s largest budget airline, Tata Sons and Telestra Tradeplace.
The venture was announced last February and was subsequently approved by the FIPB and the Civil Aviation Ministry.
But the latest DGCA notice offers a 30-day window to “the public and all the persons likely to be affected by the grant of this permit to submit their objections or suggestions, if any”. The notice effectively shifts the timeline set by the airline to start flying by the end of February, said the report.
A top Civil Aviation Ministry official claimed the notice was unavoidable “as the government is under a lot of scrutiny from all quarters”, and was issued under existing rules.
A political party leader Subramanian Swamy went to court last year objecting to the clearance given to AirAsia India to launch an airline. The case, pending in the Delhi High Court, argued that foreign investment rules for the sector did not allow a new airline to fly in the domestic skies.
This is not the first time a Malaysian company facing difficulties to operate India. In 2011, a case has been file on Ananda Krishnan together with a former Indian telecom minister and his brother by investigator of India on charges of criminal conspiracy over a controversial deal involving telecommunication giant Maxis and India’s Aircel and the case is still pending. This does not help even both founder of Air Asia Tony Fernandes and Ananda Krishnan are Malaysian Indian.
Analysts said they were surprised by the DGCA move as the time to seek public comments was over.
“The public notice should have been before the NOC stage and not at this juncture,” said Kapil Kaul, chief executive officer of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, an aviation think-tank.
AirAsia is Asia leading budget Airline in Asia model after Virgin Atlantic. It is a public listed company with largest percentage of foreign investor in Malaysia Thailand brokerages indicated that it is the only Malaysian counter get most inquiry by investor after Thailand admitted to Asia Trading Link.
AirAsia and Tony Fernandes earn numerous award. AirAsia and it affialite AirAsia X bill order of air craft, usually Airbus was large. French government has conferred Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia with the Commander of the Legion d’Honneur award in Novemeber 2013, signifying Fernandes’s outstanding contributions towards the economy of France through the aviation industry.
Tan Sri Tony Fernandes also host reality TV show The Apprentice Asia.
Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, has been honoured with the Innovator of the Year award at the CNBC 12th Asia Business Leaders Awards (ABLA) in Bangkok, in Nov 2013.
AirAsia Berhad was named the "Best Managed Company in Asia for the Airlines and Aviation sector" by international magazine Euromoney few days ago.
延至下月底营运 亚航印度遭民航局刁难？
民航局已在去年，针对印度亚航发出了为期两个月的公开异议收集通告。
民航局匿名官员指出：“这个通告是必要的，因为政府也受到各单位的注视。如果我们不按照程序，则会受到批评。”
虽然如此，但当地航空领域资深人士表示，这是印度政府首次发出类似的通告。
“从90年代至今，政府发出了超过12张航空营运执照，但从来都没有发出过公众异议限期通告。”
批准后不应收集公众意见
分析员对上述事件表示意外，因为民航局提出收集公众意见的时期已过。
“如果真的要做这个动作，也应该在发出无异议证书前就做，而不是在得到所有批准后才进行。”
他续称：“在现阶段，只有民航部和民航局才可以决定印度亚航能否启飞，决定权不在公众手上。”
印度民航部长阿吉星和亚航发言人均不为上述消息做出任何的回应。
亚航在2013年2月宣布，与塔塔集团和Telestra Tradeplace的阿伦巴迪亚（Arun Bhatia）组成的印度亚航，持股权分别为49%、30%和21%。
该申请也随后取得了外国投资促进委员会和民航部的批准。
亚洲版《飞黄腾达》（The Apprentice Asia）真人秀由亚航的东尼费南德斯领军
亚航空中巴士（Airbus）客机订单2013-11-28 法国政府颁发法国荣誉军团司令勋章授予亚洲航空创办人兼总执行长丹斯里东尼费南德斯，借此表扬他通过航空业为法国经济所作的贡献。
数天前, 国际权威财经杂志《Euromoney》在“2014年亚洲最佳管理和规管公司”投选活动中，再度评选亚航成为“亚洲航空业最佳管理公司”。
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