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Domestic air traffic falls 12% to 1.35 crore in June on monthly basisDomestic air traffic saw a nearly twelve percent decline in June. IndiGo's market share increased to sixty-six point three percent from May...
Pilots' association urges govt to suspend flights to UAE, other high-risk Gulf destinationsIndian pilots urged suspending flights to the UAE and Gulf nations. They cited worsening security and explicit threats to Dubai and Abu Dha...
DGCA issues 1,331 commercial pilot licences this year till June end: GovernmentAs of June 30 this year, the DGCA has granted 1,331 commercial pilot licences, with 41% of the cadets receiving their training abroad. In t...
DGCA to introduce digital platform for incident reporting, says Civil Aviation MinisterThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is developing a digital incident reporting platform on the eGCA portal to enable electroni...
Pilots' grouping ALPA India seeks suspension of Indian airlines' flights to West AsiaIn March this year also, the Airline Pilots' Association of India (ALPA India) had asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) t...
Government making all efforts for early release of AI-171 crash report: NaiduThe government is working to expedite the Air India flight AI-171 crash probe report. Minister K Rammohan Naidu stated the investigation is...
Modified UDAN scheme to receive Rs 28,840 crore support over 10 years: Civil Aviation MinisterThe Centre has proposed an overall budgetary support of Rs 28,840 crore over 10 years for the next phase of the regional air connectivity s...
Direct connectivity expected to boost industry, tourism in Daman as NAMO Airport begins operationsDirect air connectivity between Daman and Delhi has now commenced. Alliance Air launched the inaugural scheduled commercial flight from NAM...
Government to extend UDAN viability support from 3 to 5 years: Civil Aviation MinisterThe UDAN regional connectivity scheme will extend financial support for airlines. This support will now last for five years, phased in a ta...
Aviation Minister Naidu reviews Dholera Airport progress; hails it as catalyst for India's economic growthUnion Minister Rammohan Naidu reviewed Dholera International Airport's construction progress. Approximately eighty percent of the overall c...
Digi Yatra fails for twins: Ahmedabad brothers seek government fix after repeated airport glitchesIdentical twins face repeated Digi Yatra authentication failures, causing travel disruptions. The facial recognition system struggles to di...
Australia to establish government AI office to coordinate regulationThe "Office of AI" will be established within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and ensure a whole-of-government approach ...
Lessors aim to reclaim SpiceJet aircraft due to increasing unpaid rentalsAircraft lessors are repossessing planes from SpiceJet after the airline failed to pay lease rentals. The finance leasing arm of Industrial...
SpiceJet lessors seek to take back 4 planes; airline says deregistration will save costsLessors have asked DGCA to deregister four SpiceJet Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft. These planes have remained non-operational for a prolonged p...
Air India gets DGCA nod for electronic technical logbooks use for B787 and 777 planesIndia's aviation regulator DGCA has approved electronic logbooks for Air India's Boeing aircraft. This digital system will replace most pap...
SC seeks aviation rules in sealed cover amid concerns over airfares, passenger rightsThe Supreme Court has ordered the Centre to submit new aviation rules within two weeks. These rules are under the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniy...
CAG raps Maharashtra as Rs 82.78 cr helicopter lay idle for 17 months, flags Rs 2 cr avoidable costThe CAG criticized the Maharashtra government for a significant delay in appointing a maintenance agency. This delay left an expensive heli...
SC to hear on Jul 13 plea seeking guidelines to curb 'unpredictable fluctuations' of airfaresThe Supreme Court will hear a plea seeking airfare regulation guidelines. This plea addresses unpredictable fluctuations and ancillary char...
Amit Shah directs immigration checkpoints at Jewar, Agartala airports to open soonUnion Home Minister Amit Shah directed operationalization of immigration checkpoints at Agartala and Jewar airports. He also prioritized de...
India achieves major milestone: Helicopters can now land without radar as DGCA clears satellite-based navigation systemIndia has achieved a significant aviation milestone with the approval of its first Private Point-in-Space (PinS) instrument approach proced...