Akasa Air fined Rs 30 lakh by DGCA for multiple regulatory violationsThe DGCA has fined Akasa Air Rs 30 lakh for regulatory breaches including unauthorized pilot training and exceeding permissible training ho...
17 Oct, 2024, 08.46 PM IST
Indian skies are safer than before: DGCAIndian skies are becoming safer, with a 25% reduction in Risk Bearing Airprox incidents and a 23% decrease in unstabilised approaches over ...
04 Sep, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
DGCA initiates action on 3 airlines, 1 flying training organisationThe DGCA has taken action against several airlines for different lapses, including placing SpiceJet under enhanced surveillance due to safe...
29 Aug, 2024, 09.07 PM IST
US says Boeing can be prosecuted for 737 MAX crashesBoeing breached obligations under an agreement that had shielded it against legal proceedings for the accidents, department officials said ...
15 May, 2024, 07.12 AM IST
Finalise regulations on land use for Himalayan states: Parliamentary panel to govtA parliamentary panel has called on the government to establish regulations on land use in the Himalayan states within a fixed timeframe du...
11 Dec, 2023, 09.15 PM IST
Akasa Air moves Delhi HC for action against pilots not serving notice period following resignationThe airline told Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora the company was in a "state of crisis" because of these resignations and had to cancel ...
20 Sep, 2023, 09.32 PM IST
Captain Abhilasha Barak becomes Indian Army's first woman combat aviatorOfficials said she has been awarded the coveted 'wings' along with 36 Army pilots by the director-general of the Army Aviation during a cer...
25 May, 2022, 10.57 PM IST
2 IndiGo planes avert mid-air collision over Bengaluru airport; DGCA orders probeOfficials of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said that the two IndiGo planes -- 6E455 (Bengaluru to Kolkata) and 6E246 (Bengal...
19 Jan, 2022, 08.13 PM IST
131 on-duty airport employees across country fail breathalyser tests; more scrutiny comingThese breathalyser tests were conducted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The audit was held at the Delhi, Mumbai, Kolka...
08 Feb, 2020, 08.50 AM IST
DGCA suspends pilot of AirAsia India flight for runway incursion at Mumbai airport"The Air Traffic Control (ATC) gave clear instructions to the pilots of flight IAD374 which was heading to Indore to just stand at the hold...
11 Jan, 2020, 06.38 PM IST
Government to bring in more provisions to regulate operation of dronesHardeep Singh Puri said the government is acutely conscious of the kind of security threats that drones can pose as they come in all shapes...
03 Jul, 2019, 07.00 PM IST
DGCA to meet airline executives today to check fare turbulenceAirfares on some domestic routes have doubled amid the grounding of aircraft by Jet Airways, IndiGo and SpiceJet for various reasons.
19 Mar, 2019, 06.38 AM IST
Air India sacks 3 pilots who quit contract period, asks DGCA to suspend their licencesAir India on Friday sacked three co-pilots who had resigned before completing their five-year contract period with the Maharaja.
12 Dec, 2015, 07.10 PM IST
Scare for Pranab Mukherjee jet as pigs invade runway; Government seeks report"Around eight pigs somehow made their way into the runway when the President's aircraft was taxing towards the terminal building after land...
15 Sep, 2015, 11.08 PM IST
No cabin crew for flights with up to 19 seats: DGCAThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has allowed aircraft with seating capacity of up to 19 aircraft can operate without any ca...
04 Jul, 2015, 07.24 AM IST
Air India may join Jet Airways in slashing airfares to bag more travellersWith major carriers slashing airfares, Air India today said it might join the competition to bag more air travellers.
20 Feb, 2013, 01.29 PM IST
- Kingfisher pilots allege breach of contract, petition DGCA
About a dozen pilots of Kingfisher Airlines have petitioned the DGCA to direct the airline to waive the mandatory six months notice period ...
19 Apr, 2009, 12.40 PM IST