European aviation body flags lapses in Air India planesEuropean aviation safety authorities have raised concerns over Air India's safety standards. Surprise checks at European airports revealed ...
16 Mar, 2026, 08.39 AM IST
IndiGo has enough pilots to meet operational needs; airline assures DGCA of no flight cancellations after Feb 10IndiGo has assured aviation regulators of sufficient pilot numbers to maintain smooth flight schedules, promising operational stability and...
20 Jan, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
IndiGo sends DGCA revised schedule with reduced winter flightsIndiGo has submitted a revised winter flight schedule to the DGCA after the aviation regulator mandated a 10% reduction due to crew shortag...
10 Dec, 2025, 09.37 PM IST
DGCA issues show cause notice to IndiGo for simulator training lapses related to 1,700 pilotsThe DGCA has issued a show cause notice to IndiGo concerning lapses in simulator training for approximately 1,700 pilots. The regulator dis...
12 Aug, 2025, 05.43 PM IST
India's aviation watchdog DGCA cancels planned Air India audit, sources sayIndia's aviation safety watchdog has cancelled its scheduled visit to Air India's headquarters for an annual regulatory audit. This decisio...
24 Jun, 2025, 11.29 AM IST
DGCA issues show-cause notice to Akasa Airlines over regulatory breachesThe DGCA has issued a show-cause notice to Akasa Airlines for violating several regulatory requirements during a recent audit. The airline ...
29 Aug, 2024, 07.49 PM IST
Go First revival plan: DGCA to examine documents, conduct audit before restarting operationsAccording to the sources privy to the development, the airline's EY-backed Resolution Professional Anooj Ajmera and Interim CEO Kaushik Kho...
29 Jun, 2023, 12.50 PM IST
Safety first, while aviation flies againRecovery from the pandemic and fresh orders for new aircraft should improve its safety profile. But that doesn't permit any relaxation in r...
26 Jul, 2022, 11.02 PM IST
Good news for airlines with US plans: DGCA aces FAA auditSources in DGCA say that the FAA Audit went off extremely well.
28 Apr, 2022, 10.54 AM IST
US Aviation Authority to audit DGCA againIn the last audit, they had given some findings on procedures. "All those findings have been worked upon and the FAA would come for an audi...
11 Mar, 2022, 07.24 AM IST
DGCA to do 'all sorts of scrutiny' before clearing Boeing 737 MAX planes: KharolaTo a query about approving MAX planes for flying again, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said the DGCA is examining the matte...
04 Feb, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
DGCA mulling to go for automatic system for airline punctualityOTP is one of the several measures to determine an airline's operational efficiency. It indicates whether an airline is operating its fligh...
03 Feb, 2017, 09.28 PM IST
IndiGo flight takes off with inadequate fuel, diverted midway for refuellingThe flight (6E026) departed from Hyderabad with 12 tonnes of fuel against the requirement of 13 tonnes of fuel for the sector. The pilot de...
06 May, 2016, 07.12 PM IST
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...
06 Aug, 2014, 04.08 AM IST
- Financially-stressed airlines to be under DGCA lens
Aircraft of financially-strained airlines are set to come under the scanner to ensure that the crippling cash crunch does not lead to compr...
09 Dec, 2011, 10.35 AM IST
- Fake pilots: Government says no need to panic
Civil Aviation Ministry today said such reports were "far from the truth" and there was was no need to panic as only 13 such cases have bee...
13 Apr, 2011, 08.03 PM IST
- DGCA calls meet with flying schools on Tuesday
The DGCA favoured a complete revamp of issuing license to pilots and called meeting of all flying schools to tackle the problem of fake doc...
26 Mar, 2011, 10.31 PM IST