Address safety lapses within a week: DGCA to airlines, airportsFollowing a recent Air India crash, the DGCA conducted intensive surveys at major airports like Delhi and Mumbai, revealing recurring aircr...
25 Jun, 2025, 12.44 AM 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
Govt reviews medical help at airports after pilot's deathFollowing the death of an Air India Express pilot after a flight, the government is planning to review emergency medical protocols at airpo...
17 Apr, 2025, 12.35 AM IST
DGCA audit finds Air India forged report of spot checks in 13 instancesAn audit by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has found that Tata Sons-owned Air India made forged reports of spot checks that it d...
27 Aug, 2023, 09.28 PM IST
DGCA proposes measures for mental wellbeing of flight crew, air traffic controllersThe agreement will come into force after the exchange of diplomatic notes between the parties confirming that each party has completed the ...
22 Feb, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
DGCA issues guidelines to assess fitness of transgender persons applying for pilot licenceThe transgender applicants, who have been taking hormone therapy or had a gender reassignment surgery within the last five years, will be s...
10 Aug, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
DGCA asks transgender trainee pilot Adam Harry to reapply for medical testTransgender personnel can be issued a fit medical assessment, provided there are no associated medical, psychiatric, or psychological condi...
14 Jul, 2022, 10.42 AM IST
Jyotiraditya Scindia launches online platform to provide 298 services of DGCAThe next two phases cover the remaining 30 per cent services of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Civil Aviation Minister J...
11 Nov, 2021, 01.24 PM IST
Asymptomatic air crew who test positive for COVID-19 will undergo 10-day home isolationIf COVID-positive crew members have 'mild symptoms', they will "continue home isolation and will stand discharged after 10 days of symptom ...
20 Dec, 2020, 02.16 PM IST
SpiceXpress receives DGCA approval for drone trialsPost trials and approvals, the airline plans to use drones in delivery of essential supplies to remote areas, the company said in a release.
29 May, 2020, 12.54 PM IST
Coronavirus effect: DGCA extends validity of pilots' licences nearing expiry by 90 daysDGCA has also extended the validity of medical assessment certificates, aircraft rating certificates, skill test certificates, etc, for a p...
27 Mar, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
Government of India’s policy on delivery drones taking wingDGCA has taken significant steps in firming out govt’s policy on allowing drones for commercial purposes.
08 Oct, 2019, 06.21 PM IST
No plans to reevaluate medical standards, cockpit policy: GovernmentThe Minister said the DGCA has issued Aeronautical Information Circulars on certain medical conditions for experienced pilots as guidelines...
20 Apr, 2015, 09.52 PM IST
Hope DGCA soon comes up with screening norms for pilots' mental health: Ashok Gajapathi RajuDGCA sources had said that the regulator had began discussions with the airport medical services to formulate new norms for assessing the m...
08 Apr, 2015, 09.22 PM IST
Pilots' mental health checks: DGCA begins discussions on normsThe move is triggered by the recent Germanwings airline plane crash in the Alps, in which allegedly a mentally disturbed co-pilot crashed t...
05 Apr, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
DGCA lays down fresh guidelines for cabin crew fitnessDGCA today laid down fresh guidelines to assess the fitness of cabin crew and made it mandatory for them to undergo medical examination on ...
07 May, 2014, 02.15 AM IST
DGCA to hire 100 airworthiness officers ahead of safety auditsThe DGCA is scurrying to increase its tech workforce by a third as it prepares to face crucial audits by two global aviation bodies from ne...
15 Aug, 2013, 09.02 AM IST