India to restart seaplane services on two routes by October: Civil Aviation Minister NaiduThe Civil Aviation Ministry plans to relaunch seaplane operations on at least two Indian routes by October, according to Union Minister Ram...
Flying schools to be rated on safety, quality and training standards under new DGCA frameworkThe DGCA is set to introduce a ranking system for Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) in India, effective October 1, 2025, to enhance pilo...
Sakthi Aircraft Industry to make 150 trainer planes in IndiaA joint venture between Sakthi Group and Diamond Aircraft will produce 150 DA40 NG trainer planes in India, supporting indigenous manufactu...
India will need 30,000 pilots in 15-20 years, says Civil Aviation Minister NaiduIndia will need 30,000 pilots in the next 15-20 years due to the expansion of domestic airlines, which have over 1,700 planes on order, acc...
DGCA orders audit of all pilot training schoolsIndia's civil aviation regulator has announced a special audit of pilot training schools following recent accidents involving training airc...
DGCA orders special audit of flying training schools following recent mishapsThe DGCA has announced a special audit of flying training organisations in India following recent training aircraft accidents. Scheduled fr...
Time for India to look at manufacturing of aerospace products in India: Jyotiraditya ScindiaSpeaking at a summit organised by aviation consultancy CAPA here, the minister said, "we need to increase the ecosystem of Indian civil avi...
HC notice to Finance Ministry, others on Vi's tax refund petitionThe Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Ministry of Finance and others on Vodafone Idea's petition seeking refund of the integrated...
DGCA enhances monitoring of flying training organisationsThe move also comes against the backdrop of incidents involving training flights as well as instances of certain individuals not following ...
IATO hails govt decision to scrap TCS on sale of overseas tour packages to foreign tour operatorsIATO said a lot of foreigners book overseas tour packages for neighbouring countries like Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives through Indian tour op...
Vodafone gets IGST relief worth Rs 100 croreVodafone had claimed a refund of Rs 102.74 crore, pertaining to the period between May 2019 to June 2019 concerning refund of Rs.50.30 cror...
DGCA audits 30 flying training organisations, finds multiple safety violationsConsequently, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the approval of one FTO, issued warning letter to two accounta...
India is estimated to require 1,000 fresh commercial pilots every year, says govtTo a query on whether it is a fact that India has an annual requirement of 1,000 commercial pilots against the current supply of about 200-...
40 pc of commercial pilot licenses in India issued to cadets trained in foreign countries: GovtThe minister, in a written reply, said the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had on September 25 last year come up with a liberalised flyin...
DGCA may soon liberalise criteria for drone pilot trainingDGCA) has liberalised the criteria for organisations that can train drone pilots. Current guidelines only allow flight training organisatio...
India requires 100 more pilots every year: H S PuriThe aviation sector requires around 100 more pilots every year and the government would upgrade its flying training academies to bridge the...
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