Tag: DGCA

Poop from skies: NGT raps DGCA for ‘repeated defiance’, warns DG of withholding salary

The tribunal also warned that if there is "continued defiance" it may have to consider prosecution of the Director General on the next date. 

August 3, 2018

No cancellation fee, full refund | Read all new flight rules proposed

Charter of passenger rights put up for public consultation; changes likely to be notified in two months

May 23, 2018

‘National no fly list’: Lovesick Mumbai man first to be put on the list for hijack scare

Eight months after the the Civil Aviation Ministry had asked airlines to create the 'no fly list', Birju Kishore Salla, who was arrested in October last year, has become the first person to be put on the list.

May 20, 2018

Rahul Gandhi’s plane develops technical snag, Congress hints at sabotage

The Congress complained on Thursday that a plane carrying party chief Rahul Gandhi to Karnataka was intentionally tampered with. It has demanded an investigation into the matter.

April 26, 2018

Uncouth airlines

A few brownie points may have come Suresh Prabhu’s way for ordering an inquiry into reports that the staff of a private airline roughed up and de-boarded a passenger who complained of mosquitoes in the cabin, but the minister will have to do a lot more to discipline the airlines and inspire confidence in the …

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April 16, 2018

IndiGo cancels 47 flights after DGCA order, offers full refund

A day after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) directed grounding of 11 A320neo aircraft, budget carrier Indigo cancelled 47 flights on various routes, according to the information available on the airline’s website. While accepting that there were cancellation of flights, the company said that passengers were given the option to either choose another …

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March 13, 2018

Dengue: SMC’s drone plan hits ‘privacy’ hurdle

The opposition Trinamul Congress in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) has expressed concern over the civic board’s plans to use drones in its anti-dengue drive in the town. Trinamul ward councilors are wondering if the move will breach people’s privacy, and whether the SMC has the permission from the appropriate authority to fly the machines. …

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February 28, 2018

DGCA forms committee to review guidelines on rest period to pilots

Rest periods given to pilots in India are not as per the international guidelines. International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has reportedly pulled up the aviation regulator over the Flight and Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) regulations that are there at present during its audit last year and it will keep following this up with the regulator. …

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January 13, 2018

DGCA forms committee to review guidelines on rest period given to pilots

Rest periods given to pilots in India are not as per the international guidelines. International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has reportedly pulled up the aviation regulator over the existing Flight and Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) regulations in its audit last year and it will keep following this up with the regulator. After ICAO rapped the …

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January 10, 2018

Jet Airways terminates two pilots involved in mid-air brawl

Jet Airways has terminated the services of two senior pilots who were involved in a mid-air brawl while operating London-Mumbai flight on January 1. A senior pilot had allegedly slapped a female commander during the flight and following the incident the two were grounded by the airline. “Consequent to the review of the events on …

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January 9, 2018

Air Deccan connects Mumbai to Jalgaon

India’s first low-cost carrier Air Deccan is taking to the skies again on Saturday after a decade, connecting Mumbai with Jalgaon in northern Maharashtra under the ‘Udan’ regional connectivity scheme. “We have received the regulatory authority’s (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) approval and would commence our operations on Saturday from Mumbai to Jalgaon,” the airline’s …

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December 23, 2017

Drone regulations likely to be out in 2 months: Jayant Sinha

The regulations for operating drones are likely to be ready within two months and would be the “best in class with appropriate constraints”, union minister Jayant Sinha said on Friday. The civil aviation ministry came out with draft rules for unmanned aircraft systems last month, seeking comments from the public. “We have received over 100 comments. We …

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December 15, 2017

IndiGo still market leader, says DGCA data

Despite all the negative publicity that IndiGo has been receiving of alleged rude behaviour by its crew, the airline’s popularity appears to be intact. A traffic report prepared by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) shows that IndiGo is still the market leader in domestic aviation. IndiGo captured 39.5 per cent share of the domestic …

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November 19, 2017

Grounding rowdies

Air travellers would endorse the revised regulations aimed at preventing the unruly from flying ~ few would have been “spared” the discomfort of having a boor in the cabin and would have wished that, as in a train, they could force him off at the next station. After unsavoury incidents involving persons with perceived political …

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September 10, 2017

Regional connectivity levy to come into effect from Sept 1: DGCA

Aviation regulator DGCA on Wednesday said the collection of levy to subsidise the regional connectivity scheme (RCS) will now come into effect from the next month and any amount already paid by airlines under this fund would be adjusted against their accounts. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a notification on Wednesday revising …

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August 30, 2017

IndiGo alleges misleading info to malign brand name

Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Sunday alleged that a campaign of misleading information is being spread to malign its brand name. “In the last few days, there have been misinformed media reports suggesting that IndiGo is cancelling eighty-five daily flights,” the airline said in a statement. “We believe that this misleading information about the alleged …

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August 21, 2017

SpiceJet hikes excess baggage fee, other airlines might follow suit

Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Friday hiked its excess baggage charges. According to the airline’s website, the fee on excess checked-in baggage above the free 15 kg limit for 5 kg has been hiked from Rs 500 earlier to Rs 1,425. The airline became the first major passenger carrier to hike the excess baggage charges, …

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August 19, 2017