{"id":27388,"date":"2018-10-23T13:52:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T08:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27388"},"modified":"2018-10-23T13:52:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T08:22:14","slug":"seaplane-plans-in-troubled-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/seaplane-plans-in-troubled-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaplane plans in troubled waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/specials\/flight-plan\/seaplane-plans-in-troubled-waters\/article24979880.ece\">Seaplane plans in troubled waters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The government has proposed seaplane operations to ease transport and boost business and tourism.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Unlike a conventional aircraft, a seaplane can land both on a waterbody and on land. Seaplane helps to increase connectivity without building highways and runways.<\/li>\n<li>Presence large number of natural water bodies in India provides ideal opportunity for seaplane operations.<\/li>\n<li>The first attempt for seaplane operations was taken by Manmohan Singh government in 2010.<\/li>\n<li>The Airport Authority of India is working on seven locations in the three States of Gujarat, Assam and Odisha to locate positions for seaplane operations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Problems faced by seaplane operations<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>Lack of clarity on the rules that will govern seaplane operations.<\/li>\n<li>Director General of Civil Aviation has made some rules for setting up water aerodromes but still specific rules for seaplane operations are missing.<\/li>\n<li>High duties levied on the import of aircraft could hamper the implementation especially in the nascent stage.<\/li>\n<li>Kerala government withdrew its permission for seaplane operations due to fishermen apprehensions that it affects their livelihood.<\/li>\n<li>There are apprehensions regarding the adverse environmental impacts that may arise due to seaplane operations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seaplane plans in troubled waters News The government has proposed seaplane operations to ease transport and boost business and tourism. Important facts Unlike a conventional aircraft, a seaplane can land both on a waterbody and on land. Seaplane helps to increase connectivity without building highways and runways. Presence large number of natural water bodies in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/seaplane-plans-in-troubled-waters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seaplane plans in troubled waters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704625553},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}