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.
IndiGo Airlines announced it will launch direct flight services to China later this month, marking a major step in strengthening air connectivity between the two Asian neighbours.
SC issues notices to DGCA, Centre on a plea seeking indepedent and fair probe into the June 12 Air India crash in Ahemedabad , pulling up the AAIB over it preliminary report on the the crash that indicated pilots' faults for crash, terming it 'irresponsible'.
India's aviation industry has soared into the global elite, now ranking as the world’s third-largest aviation market ~ a remarkable feat. Yet, the recent air crash ~ a tragedy that claimed 260 lives in Ahmedabad on June 12 ~ casts a long shadow over this achievement.
An audit by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), uncovered 51 safety violations at Air India, including seven Level I lapses ~ those considered serious enough to “seriously endanger safety”.
Aviation safety watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday directed airlines to carry out checks in the locking mechanism of fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft in their fleets.
