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Mumbai-Bengaluru Air India flight makes emergency landing after PAN PAN call. What it meansAn Air India flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru faced an engine issue mid-air. Pilots issued a PAN PAN call. The Airbus A320 Neo aircraft retu...
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...
DGCA issues stern warning to Air India over compliance gapsIndia's DGCA has warned Air India's CEO, Campbell Wilson, after deeming the airline's explanation unsatisfactory regarding flight duty time...
DGCA flags 263 safety lapses across airlines; Air India, Vistara lead in serious violationsIndia’s aviation regulator DGCA found 263 safety-related lapses across airlines in its annual audit. Air India had 51 issues, IndiGo 23, an...
Air India tops in serious safety lapses flagged by DGCAAir India group reported the highest number of serious safety lapses among Indian airlines in DGCA’s annual audit, with seven critical Leve...
Section of Akasa Air pilots writes to civil aviation ministry; seeks probe into airline's hiring practicesA group of Akasa Air pilots has approached the civil aviation ministry, alleging issues with the airline's hiring practices and rostering s...
Requirements, expectations on safety are clear: Air India chief to staff against backdrop of DGCA actionEmphasising that safety is the airline's highest priority, the Air India MD and CEO said that in addition to investing heavily in people, p...
DGCA suspends Air India's Flight Safety Chief for one monthIndia's aviation regulator has suspended Air India's Flight Safety Chief for one month due to lapses in accident prevention work and the av...
DGCA temporarily suspends Boeing simulator training facility of Air India for certain lapsesThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is “verifying” some of the documents pertaining to the matter and will take a call on the ...
DGCA finds safety lapses by IndiGo, issues notices to 4 executivesThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) carried out the audit at the IndiGo office in Gurgaon on July 8 and July 9, the sources sa...
Landing incidents: DGCA finds safety breach by SpiceJet, issues notices to 4 senior executivesThe action comes even as the main runway at the Mumbai airport remains shut after a SpiceJet plane from Jaipur veered off it while landing ...
- Strict action against airlines flouting safety norms: DGCA
The aviation regulator DGCA today said it was taking strict action against those flouting aviation safety norms.
- DGCA keeping watch over Kingfisher Airlines' financial health
Financial issues at an airline may sometime also become safety issues & Kingfisher has some unpaid dues to its pilots, the DGCA said.
- DGCA to meet top airlines officials on safety lapses issue
Aviation regulator DGCA is reviewing the replies by airlines on the safety lapses pointed out by it in a financial audit and would be meeti...
- Kingfisher Airlines plans to resolve lapses, discrepancies
After a rap from the aviation regulator for neglecting safety issues, Kingfisher Airlines today submitted a detailed response to DGCA givin...
- Kingfisher needs to come with full safety plan in 3 days: DGCA
DGCA chief Bharat Bhushan said the DGCA will ensure that financial constraints of airlines do not hamper passenger safety in any way.
- DGCA conducts audit of 33 flying schools, action against 2
DGCA has found several deficiencies in 33 flying clubs during a nation-wide audit and suspended the approval of two such institutions.