As of now, of the 100 operational airports, 61 are covered by the CISF while the rest are covered by the local police, which, say security experts, is not ideal. read more

A Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official told ANI that Singh has been put off-roaster pending investigation. On September 7, He had operated AI-302 Delhi-Sydney flight on low fuel and has failed to provide a reason for it before DGCA, the... read more

During loading or unloading of any kind of cargo in an aircraft, the tail support or ‘tail prop’ is used to prevent the plane from tipping over backwards. read more

IndiGo’s operations at Mumbai airport were hit hard with the carrier cancelling many flights on Wednesday following incessant rains in the city. read more

In a similar case on July 24, an aspiring pilot appearing in Hyderebad was caught with mobile phone. He has been barred for two years. read more

On July 13, an off-duty Air India pilot, who was flying to Bengaluru as an additional crew member because the plane was full, was grounded after he failed a breath analyser test for alcohol consumption . Following this, the DGCA barred pilots from travelling... read more

The pilot community had opposed the move as the airline’s manual allows pilots to travel in the cockpit as an additional crew as they might have to join duty from the next station. read more

The aircraft ahead of the SpiceJet plane was of IndiGo and it had a call sign IGO063, the source said.  In the last few weeks, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has suspended many pilots of SpiceJet and other airlines for similar runway incursion... read more

The Parliament on August 3 passed Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2019, that increases threshold of annual passenger traffic for major airports to over 35 lakh with Civil Aviation stating that government was committed... read more

There have been 19 incidents of inflight shut down\/mid-air turn back\/rejected take off since 2017, nine of which happened this year, due to issues in the main gear box (MGB) and low pressure turbine (LPT) of Airbus Neo aircraft. read more

In March 2018, the DGCA had banned 11 A320 Neo aircraft from flying because of problems with their engines, which led to a number of flight cancellations. read more

On Monday afternoon itself, a Kalitta air cargo plane declared an emergency and landed at IGI due to a suspected bird hit, which damaged the engine. A few days ago, the plane carrying Rahul Gandhi and other dignitaries had to do a go-around due to bird... read more

Suresh Prabhu, the senior Maharashtra-based leader from the party who had held high-profile ministries in the past, including Railways, Civil Aviation and Commerce and Industry, was appointed to the post of ‘Indian Sherpa to the G20’ in June 2019. read more

After a meeting with the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA), State Disaster Relief Authority (SDRA) and representatives of two helicopter operators part of the relief operation, the DGCA has said the operations will remain suspended... read more

The circular has been issued after a 22-year-old SpiceJet technician, who was carrying out maintenance work on an aircraft at the Kolkata airport, died on July 9 after the doors that house the landing gear closed on him. read more