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Air India reported three technical glitches on its Boeing 787 fleet since July, prompting enhanced safety inspections ordered by the DGCA after a June accident. The minister said all aircraft were found satisfactory and that technical snags are routinely addressed under prescribed procedures

IndiGo cancelled over 180 flights from Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru due to crew shortages following new Flight Duty Time Limitations norms. DGCA is investigating, while the pilots’ body urges stricter oversight and potential reallocation of slots to other airlines

IndiGo cancelled more than 100 flights and delayed many others on Wednesday amid severe crew shortages and operational disruptions. DGCA has launched a probe, while pilot unions blame IndiGo’s staffing practices. The airline has instituted temporary schedule cuts to stabilise operations

Air India said it “regrettable” flew an Airbus A320 at least eight times last month despite an expired airworthiness certificate. The airline has suspended involved personnel and launched an internal probe, as the DGCA investigates the lapse. The aircraft remains grounded.

IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express began upgrades on 270 of 338 A320-family aircraft to fix a flight-control issue from solar radiation. The work, covering 80 percent of affected planes, caused 60–90 minute delays and four cancellations by Air India Express; IndiGo and Air India reported no cancellations, DGCA said.

RGIA police arrested Hyderabad resident S Gangaram for smoking inside an IndiGo flight arriving from Dubai. Despite the DGCA ban, he carried cigarettes and a lighter and smoked in the lavatory. Airline staff seized the items and alerted authorities

The DGCA had sent IndiGo a show-cause notice earlier last week for training 1,700 pilots using ‘non-qualified simulators’

They allege safety lapses, misleading public statements, and demand a time-bound probe from the Civil Aviation Ministry

An Air India flight AI 2455, traveling from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi with senior political leaders on board, was forced to make an emergency landing at Chennai airport following a suspected radar malfunction. The flight carried four Kerala MPs and one Tamil Nadu MP.

The Centre informed Parliament that 48 passengers were placed on India’s 'no-fly list' till July 30 this year due to unruly behaviour. The DGCA rules prescribe bans ranging from three months to over two years based on severit

The regulation are regularly updated and include a robust surveillance and audit mechanism, comprising scheduled and unscheduled audits, spot checks, night surveillance, and ramp inspections across all operators

SCB-based NGO Cantonment Vikas Manch has urged DGCA to shift the Begumpet Airport to Dundigal citing safety concerns. Surrounded by dense population, the airport poses risks to civilians, the NGO said, referring to past incidents including the 2010 crash in Bowenpally

The DGCA has removed three Air India officials from crew scheduling duties after repeated violations came to light. The directive follows a deadly Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad and raises concerns over compliance failures within the airline’s operations team.

After a fatal helicopter crash near Gaurikund, the government enforced strict safety rules for flights in hilly areas. All heli services are suspended for two days, pilots involved were penalized, and a full investigation is underway to ensure future safety

India's civil aviation regulator, the DGCA, said the aircraft was cruising at an altitude of approximately 36,000 feet near Punjab's Pathankot when it ran into a thunderstorm and hailstorm.

The regulator has warned the airline's Accountable Manager to be careful to avoid non-compliance, citing two specific incidents related to a hard landing of aircraft and non-revision of the operations manual within the prescribed time frame

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The airport, located in the Vindhya region, recently received its operating licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), making it the sixth operational airport in the state.

Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, while expressing relief over the safe landing, said that the DGCA has been ordered to conduct a thorough examination of the aircraft to find out the exact cause behind the episode.