The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on July 12, 2023, issued a notification regarding amendments in the National Civil Aviation Policy, 2016.
The following has been amended-
•In the said Policy, in paragraph 14, in clause (d), the following proviso shall be inserted-
“The following category of aircraft may be considered for exemption from the GAGAN mandate:
(i)Aircraft, wherein the aircraft/avionics OEMs have communicated that the aircraft cannot be made GAGAN compliant due to technology challenges and the possibility of the design change is not feasible and the same has been ascertained by DGCA.
(ii)Aircraft which have been manufactured prior to 01.07.2021.”
[Notification No. AV-19032/5/2015-AAI-MOCA]
