DGCA officials to conduct on-site inspections of IndiGo operations across 11 airportsDGCA officials are conducting on-site inspections at 11 domestic airports to assess IndiGo's operations amid widespread disruptions. These ...
10 Dec, 2025, 09.33 PM IST
People with ambition to become pilots should look at 'fascinating' Indian market: IATA chiefIATA Director General Willie Walsh expressed optimism about India's aviation sector, citing significant aircraft orders and growth potentia...
10 Dec, 2024, 06.56 PM IST
From cockpit to cab drivers, companies want more women to fly themIndiGo is determined to change that and has set a plan to increase the number to 1,000 by the end of this year, say officials. The airline ...
15 Aug, 2024, 09.49 PM IST
IndiGo aims to have over 1,000 women pilots in its workforce in 1 yearIndiGo plans to increase its number of women pilots to over 1,000 within the next year as part of its broader diversity and inclusivity eff...
15 Aug, 2024, 04.54 PM IST
IndiGo inducts 77 female pilots to mark Independence DayIndiGo celebrated India's 77th independence anniversary by adding 77 female pilots to its ranks, boosting its number of female pilots to ov...
14 Aug, 2024, 06.27 PM IST
For women travellers, IndiGo introduces new feature for seat selectionIndiGo introduces new feature for female passengers during web check-in, offering visibility of seats booked by women travelers, aligning w...
29 May, 2024, 03.55 PM IST
'India becoming a convenient hub for travel between SE Asia & Middle East': IndiGo ChairmanIndia is emerging as a key hub for travel between Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with airlines increasingly using Indian cities for co...
20 Apr, 2024, 09.10 PM IST
DGCA issues 1,622 commercial pilot licences in 2023, highest in a decadeThe number of Commercial Pilot Licences (CPLs) issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) jumped 39 per cent year-on-year t...
01 Jan, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
First flight from Goa to Dehradun flies with Goan woman as co-pilotAccording to a senior official from the state tourism department, the IndiGo flight took Goa's tourism minister Rohan Khaunte to Dehradun o...
27 May, 2023, 11.27 AM IST
Operation Ganga: Evacuated Indians get warm welcome from IndiGo, SpiceJet; Vedanta lauds pilots for 'brave feat'The leading airlines joined hands to bring the Indians back home.
02 Mar, 2022, 09.09 PM IST
Women pilots' percentage in India is twice that of global average, data showsDelhi-based regional carrier Zoom employs the highest percentage of women pilots in the world, at 30%.
09 Nov, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
IndiGo, Jet Airways, Air India recruiting more as they expand fleet and fly to more destinationsBased on their expansion plans, Tata Sons' two ventures, AirAsia India and Vistara, are expected to recruit at least 300 crew members betwe...
10 Sep, 2016, 10.57 AM IST
How India's women pilots are breaking the gender barrier to soar highHarpreet Singh Dey said, families are willing to back girls who want to pursue the profession even regardless of whether they’re married or...
07 Jul, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
Indian women pilots soar past global averageOverall, 43% of the airline's 8,200-strong workforce is women. SpiceJet and GoAir also reported that the number of women pilots is on the r...
24 Nov, 2014, 09.06 AM IST
Delhi rape case shakes up corporate India; companies take stock of women employees' safetyIt's not just the country's citizens that are grappling with alternating waves of shame, fear and anger, India Inc are also pounding with s...
20 Dec, 2012, 12.50 PM IST
- IndiGo asks its pilots to come clean on forged documents
Gurgaon-based budget airline IndiGo has asked its pilots to own up if they had submitted fudged documents to secure employment with the air...
08 Apr, 2011, 01.23 AM IST
- Fake licences: DGCA to tighten the selection process for pilots
DGCA has drawn up measures to tighten the selection process for pilots flying scheduled airlines to check the menace of fake licences which...
26 Mar, 2011, 01.42 AM IST