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Your next airport selfie or reel could get your phone confiscated or even put you on the no-fly list: DGCA's new rule every traveller should knowNew DGCA guidelines prohibit unauthorised photography and videography in sensitive airport areas. Passengers caught recording in restricted...
Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran warWithin weeks of the United States launching its bombing campaign, SpaceX executives met Pentagon officials and argued the military had been...
US announces charges against former Cuban leader Raul Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdownUS prosecutors have charged former Cuban President Raul Castro. The charges relate to the 1996 downing of civilian planes. Four Americans d...
US Israel-Iran War Day 51: Strait of Hormuz tensions rise as Iran fires on tanker, talks continueIran War News Day 51: As the clock ticks into the 51st day of the Iran-Israel conflict, West Asia finds itself in a heightened state of ale...
Delhi HC hears Celebi's claims of unfair security clearance revocation, hearing to continue on ThursdayThe Delhi High Court is reviewing Celebi Airport Services' challenge against the revocation of its security clearance. Celebi argued the re...
Airline hoaxers to face a hard landing as new law takes offIndia strengthened its aircraft safety rules. The government can now put hoax bomb threat makers on a no-fly list. This follows a rise in s...
BCAS slaps Rs 5 lakh fine on IndiGoBCAS has fined IndiGo Rs 5 lakh for violating aviation security protocols as per the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023. IndiGo is reviewing t...
Aviation safety experts claim fire-safety lapse at Chennai Airport, write to AAICapt Amit Singh, who runs NGO Safety Matters Foundation, recently wrote to the Airport Authority of India (AAI), the Anna International Air...
SC refuses to entertain plea against BCAS decision to allow Sikhs carry Kirpan in domestic airportsOn March 4 2020, BCAS allowed Sikh passengers to carry Kirpan with the exception that this shall be for Sikh passengers only and, no stakeh...
CBI arrests Air One Aviation CMD Alok Sharma, BCAS officialThe AEP authorised him to access airports in violation of the laid down Air Operator Certification Guidelines and Civil Aviation Requiremen...
Airlines should appoint directors only after security nod: GovernmentThe Civil Aviation Ministry today said that Airline companies should appoint directors only after receiving security clearance and they hav...
Appoint directors only after security nod: Government tells airline companiesThe latest directive from the Ministry comes against the backdrop of instances where airline companies have been found violating norms by a...
Aviation watchdog DGCA to soon get powers to slap penaltiesCurrently, there are stringent provisions in place for DGCA to deal with violations at various levels, including those related to airlines,...
Aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju cracks down on nepotismRaju has also directed the heads of all bodies under him to ask all their officers and staffers to follow the guidelines scrupulously.
- Airlines flouting rules to pay higher penalties
Airlines flouting rules relating to safety and passenger comfort will now have to pay higher penalties with new laws coming into effect.
- Airlines flouting safety rules will have to fork out up to Rs 10L fine
Cost-cutting on aircraft maintenance, which endangers passenger safety, will soon cost airlines dear.
- LS okays Aircraft (Amendment) Bill
Lok Sabha passes the Aircraft (Amendment) Bill '06 to enhance powers of Directorate General of Civil Aviation.