An Air India Airbus A321 operating between Delhi and Amritsar briefly entered Pakistani airspace after a navigation system snag. The aircraft returned safely to Indian airspace following an alert from Pakistani ATC and later landed in Amritsar after a diversion to Delhi.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta stated that the central government was not disputing the problem and treating the issue as non-adversarial, considering all aspects.
The advisory, effective immediately and valid till March 28, comes as US-Israel strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory measures create what the regulator calls a "high-risk environment" for civil aviation
New aviation norms ask airlines to improve transparency, display passenger rights widely and adopt uniform policies as India’s fast-growing air travel market sees rising passenger volumes.
Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA Rohit Pawar accused VK Singh, the director ofDelhi-based air charter company VSR Ventures, of bribing a few DGCA officials to edit data of the black box recovered from the ill-fated aircraft that crashed in Baramati airstrip on January 28 killing late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
Union Civil Aviation Ministe Rammohan Naidu handed over the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) aerodrome licence to the upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar on Monday.
After a massive disruption due to airspace closures across Iran and several Middle Eastern countries, 444 flights are expected to be cancelled on March 1, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The Ministry said airlines have been directed to undertake diversion or rerouting of flights strictly in accordance with global safety protocols and established contingency planning procedures in view of the evolving security situation in the Middle East.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray questioned the refusal by the police to register an first information report (FIR) against VSR Ventures and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) over the January 28 air crash that killed Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
The DGCA said in a notification that this facility will be available only if tickets are booked at least seven days in advance of the date of departure for domestic flights. In case of international flights, tickets must have been booked 15 days in advance to avail of the facility.
