Directorate general of civil aviation

The complainant said that her worried mother requested the captain to not be rude, to which he replied that his job was to fly and not be polite to passengers. read more

Directorate General of Civil Aviation has grounded the entire crew and summoned both the pilots to appear before it on Friday. 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

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

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

During the January to July 2018 period domestic air traffic grew by 21.79% as compared to the same period of the previous year, data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed, while annual domestic traffic growth during the January... read more

In order to regulate airside activities and to reduce ground incidents, for safe operation of aircraft, DGCA has decided to conduct the safety audit of airside activities quarterly as per the checklist. read more

Under a proposal of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) engineers working at the airside, air traffic controllers and drivers of passenger bridges and buses will also be subjected to breath analyser test soon. read more

The aviation watchdog has said that air transportation is steadily becoming a major activity either for business or leisure. read more

The aircraft that Rohit Pandey was working on had completed a Kolkata-Silchar flight. It had taxied out at 3.35pm and returned to the bay at 3.55pm owing to a snag. read more

In a statement, IndiGo confirmed the incident and that the passengers (of flight 6E 2315) injured were given medical aid. read more

The circular comes after the DGCA noticed that in a few incidents, the crew had declared “May Day fuel” for seeking priority in landing either because of adverse weather conditions or because of airport limitations. read more