DGCA comes out with draft guidelines for fatigue risk management system implementation in airlinesThe DGCA has released draft guidelines for a Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) for airlines, aiming to complement existing flight duty ...
03 Sep, 2025, 09.36 PM IST
Lal batti culture while flying? MPs want preferential treatment from private airlinesThe civil aviation ministry wants private airlines to offer special privileges to MPs and also plans to issue guidelines after complaints b...
07 Dec, 2023, 01.02 PM IST
Prevent highly intoxicated travellers from boarding aircraft, install CCTV cameras: DCW to DGCAThe Delhi Commission for Women has issued guidelines to the aviation regulator, DGCA, on how to handle cases of sexual harassment and unrul...
15 Mar, 2023, 07.14 PM IST
Slots for Jet Airways will be based on existing norms, not historicity: Government tells NCLTJet Airways, which shuttered operations in April 2019, is undergoing resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The...
04 Jun, 2021, 07.28 PM IST
Passengers not wearing marks properly to be de-boarded, treated as unruly: DGCA to HCA bench of Justices Navin Chawla and C Hari Shankar observed that the court was initially planning to keep the suo motu case open to contin...
17 Mar, 2021, 03.05 PM IST
DGCA issues airline ticket refund guidelines after Supreme Court verdictThe top court had, on October 1, also passed directions about the refund and credit shell formation for the bookings and cancellations done...
08 Oct, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
Supreme Court upholds the Bombay HC order to allow airlines to book middle seatsOn Friday, the division bench of the Supreme Court had dismissed the plea filed by the Air India pilot with the observation that they are n...
26 Jun, 2020, 07.59 PM IST
Ensure sexual harassment committee in 2 weeks: DGCA to airlinesThe Vishakha guidelines were promulgated by the Supreme Court in 1997 a set of procedural steps in cases of sexual harassment. In 2013, the...
06 Feb, 2020, 05.13 PM IST
DGCA asks CEOs of all airlines to follow Vishakha guidelines after 'numerous' harassment complaintsThe DGCA has written to the CEOs of all airlines to strictly follow the Vishakha guidelines to deal with the cases of sexual harassment in ...
06 Feb, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
20 cases of violations by private airlines this year: DGCADuring the given period, there were five cases of "suspension" related to Jet Airways, six related to IndiGo, GoAir (one) and SpiceJet (3).
06 Apr, 2017, 10.47 PM IST
Airlines should keep pilots records for 3 years after trainingThese requirements are part of the fresh Airline Type Rating Programme (ATRP) guidelines for scheduled operators issued by the Directorate ...
07 Aug, 2016, 04.17 PM IST
Supreme Court threatens DGCA with audit of its licensing policiesSupreme Court on Tuesday asked whether lucrative sectors were being handed out as "largesse" to private airlines to the detriment of state-...
13 Apr, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
DGCA likely to come out with fresh guidelines on block hoursDGCA is likely to come out with fresh guidelines on block hours, a yardstick for on-time performance, to remove disparity among various air...
21 Feb, 2016, 07.43 PM IST
Domestic airlines strengthen measures to handle unruly flyersDomestic airlines have bolstered measures to deal with unruly passengers on board aircraft following a recent spate of such incidents.
28 Jan, 2016, 06.49 PM IST
Private airlines told to give special privileges to MPsNoting that a 2007 circular of Civil Aviation Ministry providing the guidelines and instructions in this regard, had only listed Air India.
30 Jan, 2014, 01.32 AM IST
- Jet fire scare in Mumbai airport shows all is not well with safety
Airline companies in India might just not be doing enough to train cabin crew for safety and emergency procedures, aviation experts say.
30 Aug, 2010, 12.54 AM IST
- Kingfisher to close its check-in counters 40-mins prior to dep
In conformity with civil aviation regulator DGCA's guidelines on reducing flight delay, private carrier Kingfisher Airlines will close its ...
20 Jul, 2010, 05.22 PM IST