Tag: DGCA
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Aviation body calls urgent meeting with Indigo and GoAir to review Airbus Neo performance
Issues related to the A320 Neo aircraft's Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine, which both the airlines have been facing for years, will be discussed at the meeting
August 28, 2019 -
Days after SpiceJet technician dies in freak accident, DGCA says he was ‘untrained’
Rohit Bhushan Pandey lost his life after he got stuck in the main landing gear door while working on an aircraft at the Kolkata airport.
July 27, 2019 -
SpiceJet technician dies after getting stuck in aircraft’s main landing gear door at Kolkata airport
Rohit Bhushan Pandey, a trainee technician, was doing maintenance work in the right-hand main landing gear wheel well area of a Q400 aircraft when the accident happened.
July 10, 2019 -
Amid tensions in Middle East, India suspends flight services over Iranian airspace
Earlier on Friday, the United Airlines suspended its services between New Jersey’s Newark and Mumbai.
June 22, 2019 -
After turbulent April, domestic air passenger traffic grows by 2.96 per cent in May
In April, domestic air passenger traffic had dropped by 4.5 per cent over the same period last year.
June 18, 2019 -
Air India, SpiceJet, IndiGo may get Jet Airways foreign traffic rights: Report
The government wants local carriers to deploy capacity on international routes from where Jet Airways has withdrawn operations due to severe fund crunch.
May 4, 2019 -
Flight operations resume at Kolkata airport after 17-hour shutdown
Air India AI 743 to Agartala was the first departure on Saturday, and GoAIr G8 101 from Delhi was the first arrival
May 4, 2019 -
Weakened Cyclone Fani to enter West Bengal by midnight
Normal life in and around Kolkata was thrown out of gear on Friday as cyclonic storm 'Fani' made landfall in Odisha
May 3, 2019 -
Cyclone Fani: Kolkata Airport to be closed from 3 pm; 223 trains cancelled till May 4
The Indian Railways has informed that it will run a special train from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai today to clear the stranded passengers affected by Cyclone Fani.
May 3, 2019 -
Cyclone Fani: DGCA cancels all flights to and from Bhubaneswar, Kolkata
Airlines Air India and GoAir have waived cancellation and change charges for flights to and from Bhubaneswar.
May 3, 2019 -
‘Engine trouble’ forces plane carrying Rahul Gandhi to return to Delhi; DGCA begins probe
A senior DGCA official said the Hawker 850 XP aircraft VT-KNB returned back to Delhi after take-off due to a technical snag.
April 26, 2019 -
DGCA asks Jet Airways to submit ‘concrete, credible revival plan’ to restart operations
The development comes a day after Jet Airways announced to temporarily suspend all flight operations from Wednesday after it failed to get an emergency funding.
April 18, 2019 -
DGCA, Aviation Secretary to visit PMO over Jet: Sources
The Director General of Civil Aviation and Civil Aviation Secretary are likely to meet the PMO officials to update them about the Jet situation on Friday.
April 12, 2019 -
Jet Airways suspends all international flights for Thursday
The move comes after 10 more of Jet aircraft were grounded over non-payment of outstanding dues to lessors. The airline had recently grounded more than three-fourth of its 119-aircraft fleet.
April 11, 2019 -
India avers it did not deny overflight to Malaysian PM en route to Pak
The Pakistani airspace remains partially closed since 27 February after its Air Force violated the Indian airspace to target Indian military installations.
March 26, 2019 -
‘On verge of collapse’: Jet Airways pilots write to PM over non-payment of salaries
On Tuesday, the pilots' body warned that they would stop flying from April 1 unless there is clarity on the resolution process and salary dues by end of this month.
March 21, 2019 -
Aviation Minister calls emergency meeting as debt-ridden Jet Airways grounds flights
The airline's aircraft maintenance engineers' union wrote to the aviation regulator on Tuesday that three months of salary was overdue to them and flight safety 'is at risk'.
March 19, 2019