AAI's electronics engineers body raises concern over proposed privatisation of ATC servicesAn electronic engineers' body, ATSEPA, has voiced strong objections to the potential privatisation of air traffic control services in India...
25 Apr, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
From Paris to Phuket: The new logic guiding Indian summer travelIndian summer travel plans are shifting. Due to Middle East tensions and rising airfares, long-haul trips to Europe and the US are being re...
21 Apr, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
Centre reshuffles top bureaucracy; appoints 48 officers as joint secretariesThe Centre has announced a significant bureaucratic reshuffle. Forty-eight civil servants have been appointed to joint secretary or equival...
13 Apr, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
FIA seeks Centre's help on removal of Dubai airport authorities' capping on flight opsIndian airlines are facing restrictions at Dubai Airport. The Federation of Indian Airlines has asked the government to intervene. Dubai au...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.35 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
Over 10,000 flights to West Asia cancelled since war began: MoCA officialOver 10,000 flights by Indian carriers to West Asia have been cancelled since the conflict began on February 28. Daily operations have dras...
07 Apr, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Jet fuel prices up 8.5%, not 115%, domestic airlines shielded, IOC clarifiesJet fuel prices have reached an all-time high, soaring to over Rs 2 lakh per kilolitre. This significant increase is attributed to rising g...
01 Apr, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
Vir Vikram Yadav appointed new Directorate General of Civil Aviation chiefVir Vikram Yadav is the new chief of DGCA. This appointment is part of a major reshuffle of senior bureaucrats. Twenty-five civil servants ...
31 Mar, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
GMR puts action plan to decongest domestic terminal at IGI AirportThe action plan includes optimum utilisation of check-in counters, introduction of flap gates at the boarding place and increased boarding ...
29 Aug, 2015, 10.11 PM IST
Govt to strengthen aviation security, increase manpower at BCASPlan to raise manpower at the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security comes in view of increased threat perception and at a time when when carrie...
07 Apr, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
New secretaries appointed for civil aviation, steel ministriesAshok Lavasa, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, will replace V Rajagopalan, a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, who s...
29 Aug, 2014, 03.02 PM IST
Airport privatisation only after elections: Aviation MinistryCivil Aviation Secretary Ashok Lavasa said that the move to privatise six major airports in the country will be taken post elections.
27 Mar, 2014, 05.08 PM IST
Ashok Lavasa to be new Civil Aviation SecretaryAshok Lavasa, Special Secretary in the Power Ministry, has been appointed as the new Civil Aviation Secretary to take over from incumbent K...
27 Dec, 2013, 03.21 AM IST
- Pursuing states to lower taxes on jet fuel: Civil Aviation Ministry
The Civil Aviation Ministry today said it would continue to press state governments to reduce taxes on jet fuel to provide some relief to t...
30 Aug, 2013, 06.22 PM IST
- Super regulator likely to replace DGCA this year
The 21-page CAA draft bill is focused on making the aviation regulator independent by giving it more financial and recruitment powers.
06 Feb, 2012, 12.37 PM IST
Jet Chairman meets Civil Aviation SecretaryJet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal on Tuesday met Civil Aviation Secretary Madhavan Nambiar against the backdrop of pilots of the private ca...
08 Sep, 2009, 11.17 AM IST
K Roy Paul is Civil Aviation SecretaryNEW DELHI: The government has decided to appoint K Roy Paul, a 1967 batch IAS officer from the Bihar cadre, as the civil aviation secretary...
16 Feb, 2002, 01.01 AM IST