The Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) between India and the USA was signed by Nasim Zaidi, Secretary, Civil Aviation and J Randolph Babbitt, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in New Delhi on 19 July 2011.
The signing took place in the presence of Senior Officers from the Ministry, DGCA, AAI from the Indian side and FAA and USTDA from the US side.
BASA will facilitate reciprocal airworthiness certification of civil aeronautical products imported/exported between the two signatory authorities. Indian standards would be comparable to global standards and its aeronautical products would be accepted by the U.S.
The nascent aircraft manufacturing industry in India would be hugely benefitted and it would encourage trade between the two nations. It would demonstrate that India has the capability to develop FAA certifiable aircraft articles/appliances. It would boost the civil aeronautical products industry which will eventually lead to self sufficiency in the sector.
BASA would encourage indigenous aircraft and aeronautical products industry and the US acceptance of Indian products will help their global acceptance. It would lessen the economic burden imposed on the aviation industry and operators by redundant technical inspections, evaluations and testing.
The USA has signed BASA with 24 countries.
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