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IndiGo's senior expat official said to face action over operational meltdownDGCA's panel of inspectors has identified weaknesses in IndiGo's operations, with a top executive under scrutiny. The airline's operations ...15 Dec, 2025, 11.41 AM IST- IndiGo cancels 160 flights at Delhi, Bengaluru airports on FridayIndiGo cancelled approximately 160 flights from Delhi and Bengaluru on Friday, following over 200 cancellations the previous day. The airli...12 Dec, 2025, 05.34 PM IST
- DGCA terminates 4 IndiGo officials responsible for overseeing airline safety & opsIndiGo faces continued challenges as aviation regulators terminated four inspectors. This follows intensified scrutiny of the airline's ope...12 Dec, 2025, 01.36 PM IST
- DGCA slaps Rs 1.10 crore penalty on Air India, terminates top flight inspectorThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has also terminated services of its chief flight operations inspector Vivek Chabbra. Chabb...25 Jan, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
- DGCA terminates Chief Flight Operations Inspector Vivek Chhabra on administrative grounds"Based on confidential inputs and in pursuance of the provisions of para 1.6 (II) and associated relevant provisions of the terms and condi...25 Jan, 2024, 09.22 AM IST
- Pithoragarh-Hindon flight operations launchedThe flight operations were launched by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at a brief ceremony held at the Hindon airport in t...11 Oct, 2019, 11.08 PM IST
- DGCA warns Air India on mandatory equipment listDGCA has warned Air India not to fly any of its Airbus A319 planes unless it carries onboard a revised copy of the mandatory minimum equipm...12 Jun, 2015, 10.13 PM IST
- Eight more flight inspectors resign from DGCA; US FAA rating at riskThe US aviation regulator had downgraded India in January last year, but upgraded it to Category I in April.27 May, 2015, 05.44 AM IST
- DGCA inspectors take free ride, call it 'on duty'The DGCA recently found that a few of their inspectors have been using their jobs to force airlines to give them free rides.25 May, 2015, 10.56 AM IST
- DGCA struggles to maintain mandated 72 FOIsThe development is a concern. The upgrade had come 14 months after the US Federal Aviation Authority downgraded the local aviation regulato...29 Apr, 2015, 06.06 AM IST
- Directorate General of Civil Aviation starts process of re-certifying airlinesThe Indian regulator has 35 full-time flight operations inspectors, which are more than enough to monitor the 500 aircraft flying in the co...08 Oct, 2014, 03.14 AM IST
- India may regain its aviation safety rating from Federal Aviation AuthorityGovernment hopes that FAA will restore category 1 status before end of year, another official said. FAA had downgraded India to category 2 ...01 Sep, 2014, 04.16 AM IST
- DGCA to appoint 75 inspection officers to avoid American downgradeUnder pressure to avoid a downgrade by US aviation regulator FAA, govt approved creation of 75 crucial posts in DGCA to carry out safety in...07 Feb, 2014, 02.36 PM IST
- Aviation ministry pushes for new sector regulatorThe aviation ministry is preparing to introduce legislation in the upcoming session of Parliament to create a new aviation regulator.05 Feb, 2014, 01.42 AM IST
- DGCA confident of avoiding downgrade by US regulatorFederal Aviation Administration completed its second round of safety audit of its Indian counterpart DGCA and is likely to submit its final...14 Dec, 2013, 05.09 AM IST
- DGCA hires 20 full-time pilots as flight operations inspectors to ‘save skin’The very real threat of the US flight safety regulator downgrading Indian aviation has forced the government to hire fulltime pilots from c...26 Nov, 2013, 10.56 AM IST
- DGCA taking measures to avoid US FAA downgradeDGCA is rushing to plug the loopholes ahead of a second audit by the US' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in December..23 Nov, 2013, 04.53 AM IST
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