Air India pilot collapses moments before operating Bengaluru-Delhi flightAn Air India pilot fell ill before operating a flight from Bengaluru to Delhi. The incident occurred early morning on July 4. The pilot was...
05 Jul, 2025, 12.06 AM IST
DGCA orders audit of all pilot training schoolsIndia's civil aviation regulator has announced a special audit of pilot training schools following recent accidents involving training airc...
12 Sep, 2024, 07.04 PM IST
DGCA suspends Vistara’s head of trainingIndia's civil aviation regulator suspended Vistara’s head of training, Vikram Mohan Dayal, due to deficiencies in the airline’s training pr...
30 Apr, 2024, 04.32 PM IST
Vistara gets DGCA notice for pilot training rules violationThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is learnt to have raised questions over a procedure called Zero Flight Time Training (ZFTT...
07 Apr, 2024, 06.23 AM IST
India jumps to 55th place in ICAO's aviation safety oversight ranking: DGCA"After the final report India's safety oversight capability ranking has climbed from 112 to 55. It may be noted that this ranking is dynami...
10 Feb, 2023, 04.57 PM IST
Domestic airlines reported 2,613 significant technical snags in last 5 years: V K SinghThe Minister of State for Civil Aviation said the regulations require occurrences relating to system and component failure to be reported t...
09 Feb, 2023, 05.13 PM IST
Code red: Untrained ATC officials handling planes put safety at riskA preliminary AAIB report said that ATCOs at various air traffic control towers were not qualified enough.
11 Mar, 2019, 08.28 AM IST
17 plane tyre burst reported in three years: GovernmentDuring the last three years and current year (till October 30), a total of 17 incidents of tyre burst involving various airlines have been ...
08 Dec, 2015, 03.32 PM IST
Vistara, AirAsia India unlikely to get nod for CAT IIIB operations"Both Vistara and Air Asia India may not get CAT-IIIB this year," DGCA sources said today. Apart from other domestic airports, these two ca...
23 Aug, 2015, 07.14 PM IST
Air India may request DGCA for Soman's reinstatementNational carrier Air India may request aviation regulator DGCA to reconsider its order removing A S Soman from the post of its flight safet...
02 Aug, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
China's CAAC shuts down Taizhou airport in Zhejiang province after security breachChina has closed down an airport in Zhejiang province following an incident in which a passenger managed to smuggle in a lighter and knife.
29 Jul, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
DGCA plans to help pilots tackle stressDGCA has come out with a draft civil aviation requirement (CAR) detailing the periodic training needed for pilots with stress on the human ...
08 Jun, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
DGCA's findings due to lack of clarity in rules: Jet AirwaysJet Airways said the aviation regulator's findings were due to "lack of clarity" in its rules.
11 Sep, 2014, 04.31 PM IST
Foreign airline can't control Indian JV carrier: DGCAThe directorate general of civil aviation has stipulated that foreign carriers will not have the right to control a desi airline.
16 Apr, 2014, 12.07 PM IST
India's first aviation university to start in Rae BareliIndia’s first ever aviation university will commence training of aspiring pilots, aircraft engineers and cabin crew in September 2014.
16 Aug, 2013, 04.08 AM IST
- 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.
26 Mar, 2013, 07.06 PM IST
- No role in Bharat Bhushan's exit as DGCA, says Kingfisher Airlines
A day after the Aviation Ministry unceremoniously removed Bharat Bhushan. KFA today said that it had nothing to with his exit.
11 Jul, 2012, 10.27 PM IST