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At least 50 requests to take back as many leased planes from two Indian airlines in less than two weeks

Go First Airways said that due to the non-supply of engines by US-based Jet engines manufacturer, operations will remain cancelled

Parliamentary Standing Committee has taken note of the high air fares charged by some airline operators in the domestic sector

Rajya Sabha was told that 149 persons were included since 2020

The DGCA further said that the airline was instructed to follow due instructions and fulfill the civil aviation requirements.

DGCA also ordered the removal of the airline's head of training from his position for a period of three months besides imposing a fine of Rs 3 lakh each on eight Designated Examiners (DEs), as pe a statement.

A cancer patient was allegedly asked to deboard from a New York-bound flight after she asked the airline crew to help with her cabin luggage

A senior DGCA official said that adhering to the deadline of two weeks to respond to the show cause notice, the airline has submitted its reply. After reviewing it, the final decision will be taken into the matter.

DGCA ordered a detailed report on an alleged incident in which a Go First Airways flight took off from Bengaluru, leaving behind more than 50 passengers at Bangalore Airport.

Indigo airline in collaboration with aviation regulator DGCA launched 'Digital e-logbook' for the pilots. The e-logbook will provide direct flight data transfer service to pilots from IndiGo systems to eGCA logbooks from Thursday.

In a temporary measure to rationalise cost, airline SpiceJet has decided to place nearly 80 pilots on leave without pay for a period of three months.

Non-scheduled passengers may be carried out by using single or multi engine airplanes, seaplanes and helicopters duly registered in India.

The requests for deregistration have been made by Irish lessor Horizon Aviation.

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the licence of the pilot-in command (PIC) of the SpiceJet flight for six months, sources confirmed on Saturday. The PIC’s co-pilot had asked the captain to skirt the clouds ahead and not fly through them but he ignored. It happened in pertinence with the […]

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh each to five helicopter operators carrying pilgrims to Kedarnath shrine for flouting safety rules and not maintaining proper flying records. The regulator also suspended officials from two other operators for three months. According to the DGCA, an audit was […]

New Delhi: Poor financials of the airlines, broken supply chain and lack of technical efficiency in DGCA are some of the major reasons behind the rising number of instances involving technical glitches in planes, feel aviation safety and industry experts. Aviation consultant and former chief of Vayudoot, Harsh Vardhan, agreed that aircraft have been witnessing technical […]

The findings of the aviation regulator after surprise inspections reveal an alarming state of affairs as far as safety issues are concerned. A recent string of technical glitches and mid-air scares involving private domestic carriers has raised concerns over air safety. Spot checks conducted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) revealed that the […]

A string of technical glitches involving budget carrier SpiceJet has raised concerns over air safety. Added to this were the frequent delays and instances of technical malfunctions reported by IndiGo and Vistara. The show-cause notice issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to SpiceJet after its planes were involved in eight incidents of […]

New Delhi: A SpiceJet Boeing 737 with about 185 people on board passengers returned safely to Patna soon after an emergency landing on Sunday afternoon following the reports of a fire in one of the engines. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials said that the plane (VT-SYZ), prima facie, was involved in air […]

New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Air India for denying boarding to passengers holding valid tickets and thereafter not providing mandatory compensation to them. “After that a series of checks were carried out by DGCA and during our surveillance at Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi, there were specific […]