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The helicopter aviation sector in India is witnessing significant growth, driven by increasing demand for air mobility, tourism, emergency services, and infrastructure development. This report explores the current landscape, opportunities, challenges, and future prospects of the helicopter aviation industry in India. The helicopter aviation sector in India plays a critical role in various segments such as tourism, medical evacuation, corporate travel, and disaster management. This report examines the progressive development of this sector, highlighting key drivers, market trends, and strategic initiatives

PILGRIMAGE AVIATION

Pilgrimage Aviation was founded as a Private Limited Company in year 2019 with the sole objective of providing helicopter services at YAMNOTRI, GANGOTRI, KEDARNATH AND BADRINATH temple. The helicopters we have been using are taken on wet lease from various NSOP companies. In 2019, we started our operations for the very first time and did considerably well in financials as well as in connecting with our customers and understanding their needs. In year 2021, we were all set to outperform our previous year financial figures but due to natural calamity (COVID) we were unable to perform in this sector as the yatra was halted due to covid guidelines. However, our team waited for the world to come out of lockdown and in the year 2022, we once again proved ourselves by performing as per expectations. With the consistency in our performance and popularity amongourcustomersforproviding luxury services and building the trust between us and our clients and channel partners we made strong financial statement in the year 2024 by doing full-fledged operation and received very good response. With our constant endeavor to rise above all in the current financial year up till 30 July 2024 we have already done substantial business of more than 15 cr. These results demonstrate our commitment to financial discipline, operational excellence and strategic growth. We remain well- positioned to navigate the future and continue delivering value to our customers

Development of aviation sector has a multiplier effect on the economy. As per an ICAO study– “Economic benefits of civil aviation: ripples of prosperity”, the output and employment multipliers of aviation are 3.25 and 6.10 respectively. This implies that every INR 100 spent on air transport contributes to INR 325 worth of benefits; and every 100 direct jobs generated in air transport sector result in 610 jobs generated in the rest of the economy. In fact, the study attributes over 4.5% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to civil air transport.
National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP), 2016 envisaged Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) to enhance regional air connectivity through fiscal support and infrastructure development. Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN was thus introduced by Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) to promote regional air connectivity through affordability for enlarging aviation footprint in India.
The central idea was to encourage airlines on regional and remote routes via enabling policies and incentives. Proposals to provide connectivity to underserved/ unserved airports were called for from airlines in October 2016 for the first time. First UDAN flight was launched by the Prime Minister on 27th April, 2017 between Shimla to Delhi. Different versions of the scheme since then have been released periodically with the latest, eleventh (11th) version disseminated in July 2023. (RCS Udan version 5.2).
Under UDAN-2, focus was extended to hilly areas, North Eastern and island regions for connectivity. Remote areas impractical to be reached by fixed-wing aircrafts were considered for helicopter operations. In April 2023, under UDAN 5.0, MoCA released a list of heliports from where operations under the scheme were intended.