Aviation watchdog DGCA flags lapses at Akasa Air;airline says it submits comprehensive responsesIndia's aviation regulator, DGCA, has identified several compliance issues at Akasa Air. These include repeated procedural errors and docum...
28 Oct, 2025, 09.11 PM IST
Indian lawmakers to review aviation safety weeks after Air India crashFollowing the tragic Air India crash on June 12, which claimed 260 lives, a panel of Indian lawmakers will conduct a comprehensive review o...
01 Jul, 2025, 03.34 PM IST
Air India faces DGCA action over crew safety violations; Suspends airline's head of crew rosteringAir India faces regulatory action after self-disclosing serious breaches of crew safety regulations. The DGCA has ordered the removal of th...
21 Jun, 2025, 01.41 PM IST
DGCA says surveillance of AI Boeing 787s did not reveal major safety concernFollowing a fatal Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, the DGCA initiated enhanced surveillance of Air India's Boeing 787 fleet. The...
17 Jun, 2025, 10.02 PM IST
DGCA asks Air India for training data of pilots, dispatcher of crashed planeFollowing the tragic Air India crash that claimed 271 lives, India's aviation safety watchdog, DGCA, has requested pilot and dispatcher tra...
17 Jun, 2025, 03.27 PM IST
DGCA issues show cause notice to Akasa Air on violation related to operations manualIndia's aviation regulator, the DGCA, issued a show-cause notice to Akasa Air for violating norms related to its operations manual. The air...
17 Dec, 2024, 05.51 PM IST
DGCA issues circular to prevent runway incursions after Haneda airport incidentTo enhance runway safety and prevent incidents like the recent collision at Haneda airport, DGCA urges airports to establish runway safety ...
12 Feb, 2024, 02.14 PM IST
US aviation watchdog gives highest rating to India on air safetyA continuation of the highest standard will be a relief for Tata group which intends to increase Air India flights on the India-US routes.
12 Apr, 2023, 07.22 PM IST
DGCA plans to hire 400 tech staff in 1-2 years; increase offices to 19: Arun KumarCurrently, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has around 1,300 employees, including about 700 technical staff.
26 Feb, 2023, 01.43 PM IST
India's aviation safety oversight makes major progress, ICAO rankings showAudit places India above developed aviation markets like China, Denmark, will help overseas expansion of Indian carriers.
03 Dec, 2022, 08.27 PM IST
Finland detects small amount of radioactivity, says no health impact"The observed radioactivity has no impact on the environment or human health, as the concentrations were very low," the Radiation and Nucle...
31 Aug, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
DGCA found safety management system of 5 airlines deficient: GovernmentIn a serious lapse, the regulator found, there was a delay in carrying out the corrective actions for the "FOQA exceedances", Civil Aviatio...
18 Jul, 2019, 05.46 PM IST
India's score in ICAO audit likely to improve: DGCA officialAn ICAO team visited India last month and assessed the action taken on issues related to three areas that were audited by the watchdog in N...
05 Dec, 2018, 06.34 PM IST
EASA suspends certification of GMR Aero TechnicGMR Aero Technic provides extensive airframe maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) and line maintenance services on the commercial and genera...
25 Nov, 2018, 02.23 PM IST
DGCA licensing air traffic controllers not to have 'much impact' on AAI's operational structureThe decline was mainly due to ratings of air traffic controllers being given by the AAI, which is also the provider of air traffic control ...
09 Sep, 2018, 10.38 AM IST
Government says DGCA to regulate air traffic controllers after fall in ICAO audit scoreSenior Civil Aviation Ministry officials today said India's score after the latest ICAO audit fell to 57.44 per cent from the previous leve...
16 Jul, 2018, 10.50 PM IST
Civil Aviation Ministry gets 22% more budgetary funds for 2017-18Out of the ministry's total allocation, a good chunk will be for Air India, which is to get Rs 1,800 crore.
01 Feb, 2017, 08.52 PM IST