Airlines given a month to remove directors appointed without security clearance

Cracking the whip, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has asked airlines to remove within 30 days the directors on their boards who have been appointed without prior security clearance, failing which their aviation operations would be suspended.

In an order issued to all scheduled airline operators, the ministry said it has come across instances where airlines have appointed directors on their boards flouting the civil aviation requirements (CAR) despite sensitising them from time to time.

"The matter has been reviewed in this ministry and it was decided that all the airlines who have appointed directors on their boards without security clearances shall remove such directors within 30 days from the issue of this order (dated March 23)."