The government today said that some airlines were found to be not complying with the Civil Aviation Ministry guidelines and show cause notices have been issued to them.     

"Certain cases of non-compliance have been observed for which the airlines concerned have been issued show cause notices and action is being taken on case-to-case basis," Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told Lok Sabha in a written reply.     

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"Show cause notice was issued to IndiGo for non-submission of action taken on the safety audit report. Since the airline immediately submitted the action taken report, the matter was closed," Patel said. 

He said that Paramount Airways was issued notice for indicating different timings on their website from the approved ones and warning was issued to the airline.     

MDLR Airlines was issued warning for operating flights from metro city of one region to another region, which is not permissible for scheduled regional operators.  

Patel said that Jagson Airlines was issued warning for operating helicopters without valid permits and the Ministry ensured that their chopper operations were stopped.     

Meanwhile, replying to another query, Patel said that the Air India's present fleet of 156 aircraft was adequate to meet its current requirements.     

"Out of 156 aircraft, 51 are of new generation. Age of 69 old aircraft is between 15-28 years and the age of remaining 36 aircraft is between 3-15 years," he added.     

In reply to another query, Patel said that the Airport Authority of India had signed a Operation, Management and Development Agreement (OMDA) with the Delhi International Airport Private Limited and Mumbai International Airport Private Limited for modernisation and development of airports in Mumbai and Delhi.      Patel said that the Government has given 'in principle' approval for setting up of 11 new greenfield airports in the country and has received equal number of proposals from different states to set up new airports there.

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