Number of flights to rise; a big airport looking to double slots: OfficialCivil aviation secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam said the number of flights in the country is going to increase. Without giving specific details...
20 Oct, 2023, 08.33 PM IST
Breath analyser tests for aviation personnel to continue as per DGCA guidelines: Delhi HCThe court however refused to allow DGCA's request to permit the conduct of BAT tests as per pre-COVID protocols i.e. without the doctor and...
14 Sep, 2022, 03.35 PM IST
Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea by ATCs concerning breath analyser testsJustice V Kameswar Rao, who said that he was not inclined to interfere with the procedure, noted that not more than six persons are to be t...
19 Jan, 2022, 04.36 PM IST
ATCs and 5% of pilots, cabin crew on duty to undergo random breath analyser test: HCIt made it clear that if a pilot, cabin crew or ATC is found to have consumed such substances and had given a false undertaking, such perso...
11 May, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
Consider concerns of ATCs, HC tells medical panel looking into need for BA test on pilotsThe direction by Justice Prathiba M Singh came while hearing a plea moved by the ATCs Guild against BA tests in view of the prevailing COVI...
03 May, 2021, 05.47 PM IST
Pilots association in HC seeks suspension of breath analyser test during COVID-19The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), however, told the court that the medical board recommendation was given in respect of BAT ...
26 Apr, 2021, 07.59 PM IST
ATC Guild unhappy over fresh health check-up ordered by AAIATC Guild, the umbrella body of air traffic controllers, has expressed unhappiness over an AAI directive asking them to undergo fresh healt...
04 May, 2015, 08.21 PM IST
Air traffic management an 'urgent issue' in metros, says Maharashtra GovernorAir traffic management is an urgent issue and the challenge is to be efficient, Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao said.
18 Sep, 2014, 03.53 PM IST
Indian aviation authorities must build more infrastructure: Praful PatelPatel, a Civil Aviation Minister for seven years earlier, said the growth in the sector would need a large number of air traffic control of...
20 Oct, 2013, 02.33 PM IST
- No disinvestment of Air India: Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi
Government today ruled out disinvestment of Air India saying it is trying to bring the cash strapped national carrier to 'no-profit, no-los...
20 Oct, 2011, 03.19 PM IST
- Government steps up hiring of ATCs
The government seems to have finally taken cognisance of the long-pending shortage of Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) in the country's airpor...
01 Dec, 2010, 05.08 AM IST
- Many airports don't have approach radars
Most of the small airports in the country including Mangalore, Kochi, and Nagpur do not have approach radar that is crucial for safe landin...
24 May, 2010, 12.07 PM IST
For safer skies, will drunk pilots be grounded for life?Pilots may no longer get away almost scot free with mild punishments after turning up to operate flights in an inebriated condition.
17 Nov, 2009, 09.13 AM IST