DGCA approves for night landing facility at Kalaburagi Airport
New Delhi: Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved the night landing facility at Kalaburagi Airport, Karnataka on May 17.
DGCA suspends pilot who allowed friend in cockpit for 7 months; fines Air India Rs 30 lakh
New Delhi: India’s aviation regulator has suspended an Air India pilot, who allowed a woman friend inside the cockpit during a Dubai-Delhi flight in February, for violating safety norms and also fined the airline Rs 30 lakh.
Mumbai: Cash-strapped carrier Go First airline has decided to stop flights on Wednesday and Thursday. At present, 50 percent of the carrier’s fleet is working in the absence of a supply of spare engines from US firm Pratt & Whitney (P&W), the carrier said in a statement.
New Delhi: India's aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday issued a show cause notice to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson and Head of Safety, Security and Quality Functions Henry Donohoe, asking them to explain why the airline did not report an incident in which a pilot allowed a female friend into the cockpit during a Dubai-Delhi flight on February 27, 2023, media reported.
DGCA slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on Go First for leaving behind 55 passengers in bus
New Delhi/IBNS: Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Go First for violation of multiple air transport rules following a probe over one of its flights leaving behind 55 passengers at the Bengaluru airport, media reported.
Complain to Scindia over DGCA's decision to suspend pilot's licence in Air India peeing incident
New Delhi/IBNS: The Federation of Indian Pilots on Wednesday approached Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, alleging Directorate General of Civil Aviation using its power indiscriminately in cancelling the licence of pilots, media reports said.
Peegate: DGCA imposes Rs 30 lakh fine on Air India, suspends pilot's licence for 3 months
New Delhi/IBNS: Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation Friday slapped a fine of Rs 30 lakh on Air India and suspended the licence of the pilot-in-charge of its New York-Delhi flight on which a man peed on an elderly female co-passenger, media reports said.
The passenger, who opened the emergency exit on an IndiGo, Chennai-Tiruchirappalli flight on December 10 last year, was BJP leader Tejaswi Surya, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Wednesday, media reported.
Passenger opens emergency exit of IndiGo flight, DGCA orders probe
New Delhi: A passenger on an IndiGo, Chennai-Tiruchirappalli flight opened the emergency exit on December 10 last year, DGCA said in a communication on Tuesday, adding that it has taken due note of the incident and ordered a probe into it, media reported.
New Delhi/IBNS: After a Go First Airways flight took off from Bengaluru with more than 50 passengers left behind in a bus on the tarmac, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sent notice to the airline for "multiple mistakes".
Pee-Gate: DGCA sends fresh notice to Air India over 2 unruly passengers onboard Paris-Delhi flight
New Delhi/IBNS: Air India, which is of late dominating headlines after a drunken passenger was caught urinating on a co-passenger on a flight from New York to New Delhi, has been sent another show cause notice for incidents in a flight between Paris and Delhi.
Foreigner handed over to CISF for harassing female flight attendants on GO First's Goa flight
Goa/IBNS: In yet another case of inflight harassment, a foreign tourist allegedly misbehaved with the female flight attendants on GO First's flight from New Delhi to Goa on January 5, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Mumbai businessman Shankar Mishra, wanted by the police for urinating on an elderly woman on an Air India flight in November, Friday cited the woman's WhatsApp messages to claim that she had "condoned the alleged act" and had shown no intention to file a complaint.
Mumbai man who urinated on female co-passenger on Air India flight sacked by his company
New Delhi/IBNS: The Mumbai man, who peed on an elderly female co-passenger on an Air India flight, has been sacked by his company Wells Fargo, where he worked as vice-president, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: India's aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Friday ordered that airline staff will face action if they fail to act against passengers who are unruly or behave inappropriately.