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...
25 Aug, 2025, 02.59 PM IST
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...
09 Jul, 2025, 02.54 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2025, 10.09 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2025, 02.22 PM IST
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...
12 Sep, 2024, 07.04 PM IST
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...
12 Sep, 2024, 06.08 PM IST
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...
20 Mar, 2023, 10.19 AM IST
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...
02 Mar, 2023, 12.25 AM IST
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 ...
23 Nov, 2022, 06.16 PM IST
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...
19 Aug, 2022, 03.16 PM IST
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...
22 Jul, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
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...
16 Jun, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
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-...
03 Feb, 2022, 09.26 PM IST
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...
13 Dec, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
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...
13 Mar, 2020, 12.14 PM IST
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...
27 Nov, 2019, 04.49 PM IST
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Zensar Technologies, the software and BPO services provider, is still on prowl. It is looking at acqusitions or strategic alliances in Braz...
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