Helicopter flights in India have become almost commonplace, especially for relief purposes, for religious travel and for several other emergencies. There are also pleasure travel and short-hop flights operated by private companies.
IT has been lauded as a much-needed, but much-delayed, move. The Aircraft Act, 1934, was recently amended and gives the three vital arms of Indian aviation the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and the Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB)