ICAO to audit DGCA in February next yearICAO audits typically look at eight aspects of an aviation market, but this time the UN agency will take up only five of them all under the...
02 Nov, 2020, 02.51 PM IST
DGCA to staff: Do not audit companies with 'conflict of interest'“We found that some of our officials were showing extra interest in auditing companies with their friends and family in it. We would want s...
20 Nov, 2019, 06.57 PM IST
DGCA likely to license all ATC officers before ’20 ICAO auditICAO had recently asked India to make DGCA licensing authority for ATC officers. Earlier, Airports Authority of India (AAI), which is also ...
07 Nov, 2019, 07.23 AM IST
Civil Aviation Ministry to appoint people on deputation to AAIBWhile regulatory framework has been put in place for functioning of AAIB as an entity independent of DGCA, the recruitment rules are yet to...
15 May, 2016, 03.07 PM IST
DGCA circular likely to affect pilot training on hold till SeptemberWith no new slots available at the centres for the next 7-8 weeks, the training schedules of at least 60 pilots from six carriers have been...
05 May, 2016, 12.34 PM IST
Benefit to 2 airlines leads to conflict of interest claimsThe circular sparked a controversy as Captain Singh was employed with Jet Airways from 1998 to 2014, after which he joined the DGCA on cont...
05 May, 2016, 12.29 PM IST
Government notifies norms for making AAIB independent bodyThe International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), part of the United Nations, would be carrying out its audit in the last week of Novem...
08 Nov, 2015, 11.23 AM IST
DGCA may meet Federal Aviation Administration next month for fresh auditThe rating downgrade, India's first, put it in the same category as Zimbabwe and Indonesia, and barred Indian carriers from expanding opera...
25 Jul, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Air India, Jet Airways stop using Ukrainian airspaceJet Airways too said it was not operating its flights through the Ukrainian airspace ever since the conflict began in the region.
18 Jul, 2014, 08.28 PM IST
No Indian on board ill-fated Malaysian plane: Aviation MinisterTerming as "unfortunate" the loss of lives in the Malaysian airline tragedy, Civil Aviation Min Raju today said there was no Indian on boar...
18 Jul, 2014, 12.35 PM IST
Reveal details of relatives working in aviation sector, Ashok Gajapathi Raju tells employeesAviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has asked officials working in any agency under his purview to come clean on their kin being employe...
16 Jun, 2014, 12.31 PM IST
DGCA to appoint 75 inspection officers to avoid American downgradeUnder pressure to avoid a downgrade by US aviation regulator FAA, govt approved creation of 75 crucial posts in DGCA to carry out safety in...
07 Feb, 2014, 02.36 PM IST
DGCA hires 20 full-time pilots as flight operations inspectors to ‘save skin’The very real threat of the US flight safety regulator downgrading Indian aviation has forced the government to hire fulltime pilots from c...
26 Nov, 2013, 10.56 AM IST
DGCA taking measures to avoid US FAA downgradeDGCA is rushing to plug the loopholes ahead of a second audit by the US' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in December..
23 Nov, 2013, 04.53 AM IST
Airlines in cahoots with DGCA, serious mishaps termed minor: Aviation expertIndian carriers tend to underplay major incidents with the “general connivance” of the aviation regulator, aviation safety experts allege.
13 Mar, 2013, 07.38 AM IST
- DGCA violates own rule on pilots
While these FOIs are supposed to inspect planes other than their own airlines, it isn't unusual for them to favour each other and their air...
22 Dec, 2012, 09.33 AM IST
- DGCA officials face conflict of interest
The new acting DGCA Prashant Sukul is on the Air India board, while the joint DGCA Anil Srivastava is also the CMD of Pawan Hans Helicopter...
13 Jul, 2012, 10.52 AM IST