India prepares interim, not final, investigation report as Air India crash anniversary nears, source saysIndian investigators are preparing an interim report for the deadly Air India crash. This report will be more comprehensive than the initia...
26 May, 2026, 11.31 AM IST
India to monitor Boeing fuel-switch test tied to Air India London incident, documents showIndian aviation officials plan to visit Boeing’s Seattle facility in June to witness testing of a fuel-control switch module removed from a...
19 May, 2026, 02.43 PM IST
Court denies bail to DGCA Deputy DG after noting investigation at sensitive stage in corruption caseA Delhi court has denied bail to DGCA Deputy DG Mudavath Devula in a bribery case. The court cited the sensitive stage of the investigation...
17 May, 2026, 12.38 AM IST
Airport operators to keep records of security hold area, tarmac photos for 3 years: DGCAAirport operators now face a new directive from the DGCA. They must keep records of all photographs taken in security hold areas and on the...
11 May, 2026, 08.00 PM IST
DGCA issues warning letter to IndiGo over December 2025 faresIndia's largest airline, IndiGo, has come under the scrutiny of the DGCA, which has issued a formal notice concerning fare levels set in De...
23 Apr, 2026, 07.07 PM IST
CBI arrests DGCA official, corporate consultant in alleged bribery caseThe Central Bureau of Investigation has apprehended a senior Directorate General of Civil Aviation official and a consultant linked to Reli...
20 Apr, 2026, 12.32 AM IST
CBI arrests deputy DGCA, senior executive of corporate group in drone import bribery caseThe CBI has apprehended a senior official from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and a top executive from Asteria Aerospace. The ar...
19 Apr, 2026, 10.14 PM IST
Clearance confusion grounds Emirates jet at India’s doorstepAn Emirates flight faced a brief denial of entry into Indian airspace on Sunday. The aircraft's flight plan was mistakenly filed as non-sch...
08 Apr, 2026, 06.16 PM IST
Longer flight paths push DGCA to ease pilot duty rules temporarilyThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation has eased pilot flight duty rules for long-haul flights. This move aims to ensure enough pilots a...
07 Apr, 2026, 07.25 PM IST
Civil aviation ministry looks at multiple options to minimise West Asia crisis impact on airlinesAirlines are grappling with soaring operational costs due to the West Asia conflict, prompting the civil aviation ministry to explore tax c...
29 Mar, 2026, 03.30 PM IST
Authorities were 'moderate' in approving summer schedule flights after IndiGo crisis in December: SourceAirlines will operate 10% fewer flights this summer due to civil aviation authorities adopting a more cautious approach. This decision foll...
29 Mar, 2026, 03.29 PM IST
DGCA official allows unauthorised persons on test flight, probe orderedThe incident which took place last week has prompted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to launch an inquiry.
11 Dec, 2018, 10.15 PM IST
Samsung not to sell Galaxy Note 7 manufactured till September 15 in IndiaDGCA sources told ET that Samsung informed them that it would not sell phones manufactured till September 15, 2016, in India in order to ad...
26 Sep, 2016, 03.43 PM IST
Lessors approach DGCA to get 3 Air Pegasus planes deregisteredThe Bengaluru-based airline, which is facing severe fund crunch, has already suspended operations indefinitely, DGCA sources said.
29 Jul, 2016, 03.28 PM IST
DGCA suspends Taj Air's two pilotsDGCA has suspended two pilots of Tata Group's Taj Air, a non-scheduled airline that flies Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata and Chairman Cyrus M...
15 Sep, 2015, 06.38 PM IST
Vistara, AirAsia India unlikely to get nod for CAT IIIB operations"Both Vistara and Air Asia India may not get CAT-IIIB this year," DGCA sources said today. Apart from other domestic airports, these two ca...
23 Aug, 2015, 07.14 PM IST
- Preliminary probe report into fire in AI plane in 2-3 days
Preliminary investigation into fire in Air India Boeing 747-400 Riyadh-bound aircraft, certified as airworthy by DGCA two days before the i...
05 Sep, 2009, 08.14 PM IST