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.
The Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited on Saturday said that they are committed to taking full cognisance of the findings of the DGCA orders in relation to IndiGo's operational disruptions in December last year and "will take appropriate measures".
The fine includes a daily penalty for 68 days of non-compliance, a one-time systemic penalty of Rs 1.8 crore.
The aircraft, which was flying from Bhubaneswar to Rourkela, made a forced emergency landing after it developed technical snag.
The Boeing 777 aircraft Monday morning returned to the Delhi airport roughly one hour into its flight after its right engine suffered an unexpected shutdown.
The development comes in view of the large-scale disruption in IndiGo's flight operations earlier this month. The budget airline had to cancel thousands of flights over several days due to crew shortage triggered by the enforcement of the Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms.
