Tag: DGCA
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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 -
Impossible to dump human waste mid-air: DGCA tells NGT
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the aviation regulator DGCA to substantiate its claim that it is impossible to dump human waste from aircraft tanks mid-air. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file an affidavit …
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July 4, 2017 -
‘Touch me not’
The notorious intolerance of the present political “leadership” has had an infectious, trickle-down effect. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has run whining to the cops against a WhatsApp group of pilots of private airlines who had the temerity to use “filthy and abusive language” ~ as if that can be easily quantified ~ against …
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June 7, 2017 -
34 pilots grounded over objectionable WhatsApp posts
As many as 34 pilots belonging to four private airlines were suspended on Tuesday and also questioned by the police following a complaint by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) that they had put up objectionable posts on a WhatsApp group against some of its officers. The pilots are from Jet Airways, Spicejet, …
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June 6, 2017 -
Whatsapping pilots land in trouble as DGCA lodges police complaint
Allegations over the use of "abusive language and obscene remarks" against officials of a government regulatory body on a 'Whatsapp' group landed 10 commercial pilots employed with leading domestic airlines in trouble on Tuesday. According to Delhi Police, the civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) filed a complaint against 34 pilots, of …
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June 6, 2017 -
Domestic air passenger traffic up 15% in March
India's domestic air passenger traffic rose by 14.91 per cent during last month to 90.45 lakh, official data showed on Thursday. "Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-March 2017 were 272.79 lakh as against 230.03 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering a growth of 18.59 per cent," the Directorate General of …
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April 20, 2017 -
Airlines to meet DGCA on panel to check on-time data claims
Several domestic airlines on Sunday confirmed that they will approach the aviation regulator to voice their concern over the committee recently constituted by it to look into on-time performance (OTP) parameters. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has set up a committee, headed by Director General B.S. Bhullar, to probe possible discrepancies in on-time …
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January 8, 2017 -
Airlines asked to stick to advisory on operating in low visibility
A day after 362 flights were delayed at IGI Airport due to weather and other issues, DGCA on Thursday directed domestic airlines to adhere to its advisory on operating aircraft in low visibility, making it clear that no flights be planned during zero visibility and only CAT III aircraft be scheduled in fog. The aviation …
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December 8, 2016 -
Galaxy Note issue: Samsung executives meet DGCA officials
Senior executives of Samsung on Monday met officials of aviation regulator DGCA, two days after one of the company’s high-end smartphones caught fire inside an IndiGo aircraft. During the meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, the watchdog sought technical details about Galaxy Note series amid concerns over batteries of some of the devices …
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September 26, 2016 -
August air passenger traffic up 24%, says DGCA
Domestic air passenger traffic increased by 23.98 per cent during August to 83.81 lakh, official data showed on Monday. The domestic passenger traffic during the corresponding month of 2015 stood at 67.60 lakh. Commenting on the latest data, Civil Aviation Minister P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju said in a tweet: "Another month of record growth for …
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September 19, 2016 -
ALPA India opposes demand to extend mandatory notice period for pilots to one year
The Indian chapter of the International Federation of Airlines Pilots Association (IFALPA) has opposed the demand of domestic carriers to extend mandatory notice period for pilots to one year from six months at present while urging the regulator not to give precedence to "commercial interests" over flight safety. In a letter to the Director General …
September 19, 2016 -
270 airline crew violated safety norms this year
270 airline crew violated safety norms this year
August 14, 2016