DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India & SpiceJet for rostering non-CAT III compliant pilotsThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a show cause notice to Air India and SpiceJet for rostering non-CAT III (Catego...
04 Jan, 2024, 04.32 PM IST
All four runways of Delhi Airport to be operational from first week of JanuaryIn light of recent dense fog in Delhi causing delays and diversions, the operationalization of all runways is expected to alleviate the cha...
29 Dec, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
Pro-active approach by aviation ministry, DGCA, AAI reduced flight disruptions during fog period: ScindiaThe Indian civil aviation ministry, DGCA, and AAI have successfully reduced flight cancellations and diversions during the fog period, desp...
13 Oct, 2023, 09.23 PM IST
Dense fog in North India causes massive flight disruptions at Delhi airport"Due to bad weather (fog) for three days, over 100 flights are reported delayed from and to Delhi airport, some have also been diverted to ...
29 Dec, 2022, 02.06 PM IST
Dense fog in North India causes massive flight disruptions at Delhi airport"Due to bad weather (fog) for three days, over 100 flights are reported delayed from and to Delhi airport, some have also been diverted to ...
28 Dec, 2022, 07.26 PM IST
Airlines told to depute staff trained in Cat III to minimise delays due to fogIn a letter written to airlines on November 30, the DGCAblamed the lack of preparedness on the part of the airlines for delays and diversio...
17 Dec, 2016, 01.14 AM IST
Fog flop: AI, SpiceJet get DGCA rapDGCA had also said that non-CAT III compliant air craft would have to be rescheduled between 10am and 8pm during fog.
15 Dec, 2016, 01.33 PM IST
DGCA pulls up three airlines for ‘poor preparedness’ during the fog seasonn a missive sent to the airlines, the DGCA had said that ‘IGI Airport again experienced a spell of fog, when the duration of LVP was for 15...
09 Dec, 2016, 12.44 AM IST
Behind the scenes of safe landing during fogDetermining whether a particular period was safe for an aircraft to land or whether it would require precautions or technical expertise to ...
02 Dec, 2016, 10.52 AM IST
Lucknow, Amritsar airports made CAT-II compliant: AAIAirports Authority of India today said it has made Lucknow and Amritsar airports compliant for CAT-II operations from today.
17 Dec, 2015, 09.30 PM IST
Indigo has maximum number of CAT-IIIB equipped aircraftIndigo owns the maximum number of aircraft laced with CAT-IIIB system, which helps in dealing with low visibility during takeoff and landin...
12 May, 2015, 05.46 PM IST
Thirteen more airports to soon become CAT-III compliantAt present, only Delhi Airport is equipped with CAT-III technology. The equipment installation work at the Jaipur airport will be completed...
28 Jan, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
Deploy CAT-3 complaint plane, crew during fog: DGCA to airlinesDGCA also ordered airlines to reschedule flights with non-CAT-III compliant aircraft in case visibility conditions are not favourable, offi...
24 Dec, 2014, 10.41 PM IST
Not geared to land in low visibility, 3 Air India Dreamliners diverted to MumbaiThough none of the Air India Dreamliners are equipped for poor visibility landings, the airline has in its winter schedule continued to fly...
10 Feb, 2014, 08.44 AM IST
DGCA penalises IndiGo, GoAir and Jet Airways, 6 prime landing slots withdrawnDGCA took penal action for not using pilots trained to land in foggy conditions and not equipping aircraft with mandatory devices.
31 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Airlines' promises nosedive in January's blinding fog
Only few airlines have managed to keep up their promises of operating under near-zero visibility conditions using CAT-III Instrument Landin...
31 Jan, 2010, 04.22 PM IST
- GoAir to fly fog-affected flights with CAT-III pilots
Private airline GoAir today said it will deploy CAT-III compliant pilots in all its fog-destination flights.
07 Dec, 2007, 09.18 PM IST