Flight rule change: Use of power banks for in-flight charging barred by DGCA amid lithium battery fire fearsIndia has now barred use of power banks to charge portable electronic devices inflight amid instances of lithium batteries catching fire mi...
DGCA may impose restrictions on power bank use onboard flightsAfter a passenger's power bank ignited on an IndiGo flight, the DGCA, India's aviation regulator, is taking steps to revisit the rules gove...
DGCA implements new rules for powered hang gliders to enhance safety & securityThe certificate shall be granted by DGCA after verifying the antecedents of the prospective buyers from Ministry of Home affairs. Any perso...
DGCA's significantly increased checks to ensure flight safety: Arun KumarWe have significantly increased surveillance and spot checks. Where it used to be around 2,500 per year, DGCA is doing 4,000 spot checks a ...
DGCA to issue additional safety protocol for airlines using P&W enginesIn a three-hour meeting Tuesday evening, the civil aviation ministry sat with senior executives of P&W, Airbus, Indigo and GoAir to review ...
DGCA can grant exemptions from flight duty limits, but not as routine: HCThe regulator was also asked to place on record the applications of airlines seeking exemptions or variations in FDTLs from December 1 last...
HC seeks govt, DGCA's stand on plea regarding pilots' duty limitationsBesides the Centre and the DGCA, the bench also issued notice to a Kerala-based lawyer on whose petition the high court had passed the Apri...
Aviation watchdog DGCA to soon get powers to slap penaltiesCurrently, there are stringent provisions in place for DGCA to deal with violations at various levels, including those related to airlines,...
Government issues fresh recruitment rules for DGCA chief's postA senior ministry official said that with the new rules in place, candidates from more number of areas, including Indian Air Force, can be ...
DGCA recommends pilots to undergo simulator refresher courseDGCA has held the commander of a SpiceJet flight responsible for an incident, which took place at the airport here more than three years ag...
DGCA struggles to maintain mandated 72 FOIsThe development is a concern. The upgrade had come 14 months after the US Federal Aviation Authority downgraded the local aviation regulato...
Ministry plans to review aviation regulator to maintain uniformityThe civil aviation ministry plans to review functioning of the DGCA to ensure that the processes and norms followed by the aviation regulat...
Government gives nod to proposal to replace DGCA with new regulator, CAAThe new regulatory body would be called the Civil Aviation Authority and would replace the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
Government likely to consider proposal on new aviation regulator this weekThe government is likely to consider a proposal this week to replace the DGCA with a new aviation regulator with full operational and finan...
- DGCA stripped of probe powers
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will no longer be the three-in-one investigator-prosecutor-judge combine when it comes to ...
- Parliamentary panel against giving more teeth to DGCA
The government's push to give more powers to the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has been shot down by a Parliamentary committee,...
- DGCA gets regulatory powers
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved amendments to the Aircraft Act of 1934 to provide regulatory powers to the Director General of Civil...