Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has informed Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday that India meets the international standards for aviation safety oversight of the Chicago Convention & its Annexes, and continues to retain FAA IASA Category 1 status.
FAA under its International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) programme determines whether a country’s oversight of its air carriers that operate or seek to operate, into the US or codeshare with a US air carrier complies with safety standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).