Air India now mandates psychoactive substance testing for all pilots. This new internal measure enhances safety protocols beyond DGCA requi...

Against the backdrop of rising coronavirus cases in China and some other parts of the world, the government has decided to subject 2 per ce...

The court however refused to allow DGCA's request to permit the conduct of BAT tests as per pre-COVID protocols i.e. without the doctor and...

This is the first instance of an air traffic controller (ATC) testing positive for psychoactive substance after the rules for testing of fl...

Justice V Kameswar Rao, who said that he was not inclined to interfere with the procedure, noted that not more than six persons are to be t...

"The worldwide spread of use of psychoactive substances, their general availability and the ever-increasing number of addicted users is a s...

Airlines and air navigation service providers will have to carry out random drug-testing of at least five per cent of the flight crew membe...

It made it clear that if a pilot, cabin crew or ATC is found to have consumed such substances and had given a false undertaking, such perso...

The direction by Justice Prathiba M Singh came while hearing a plea moved by the ATCs Guild against BA tests in view of the prevailing COVI...

Currently, aviation staff have to go through breath-analyser (BA) checks that detects just the alcohol content in the body and not other dr...

The aviation regulator in September had issued rules for the tests to be conducted at all airports for airside workers, including those han...

The rules stated that "in case of second violation of the provisions, the license/approval issued by DGCA of the concerned personnel shall ...

A senior DGCA official said it is a big move as the framework would cover all those people, who work on airside.

The most recent violation was reportedly on April 14, 2014 when Rahul Gandhi flew from Delhi to Bhubaneshwar in GMR's luxury Falcon 2000-Lx.

Pilots and cabin crew of all domestic and international flights operated by Indian carriers could be subjected to compulsory pre-flight bre...

Airlines have begun taking strict action against drunken flying. In the past four months, 15 airline employees have been sacked.

DGCA has derostered two pilots and suspended the check-pilot's rating pending enquiry. The incident came to light today.