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- Hyderabad
Hyderabad airport upgrades primary runway for safer landings
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) has enhanced its main runway by installing a new Category II Instrument Landing System (ILS) along with upgraded runway lighting. This advanced system enables aircraft…
- India
India tops global list in passenger loads on domestic flights
New Delhi: India’s domestic flights have recorded a passenger load factor of 86.4 per cent in 2024, to forge ahead of the US and China which figure at the second and third…
- India
Karnataka girl, 18, becomes youngest to get commercial pilot license
Hyderabad: Samaira Hullur (18), a resident of Vijayapura district in Karnataka, has become the youngest to receive a commercial pilot license in India, after clearing six exams and gaining 200 hours of…
- India
DGCA to examine Air India Express plane that suffered hydraulic failure
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA will conduct a thorough examination of the Air India Express plane that suffered a hydraulic failure while operating a flight from Trichy to Sharjah on Friday to…
- India
DGCA probes tail strike incident involving IndiGo plane; derosters flight crew
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA is probing the incident of tail strike involving an IndiGo aircraft on September 9 and the flight crew has been derostered, a senior official said on Tuesday.…
- India
Aircraft engine’s part found outside Delhi airport; DGCA orders probe
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has ordered a probe into the incident of an aircraft engine part found outside the Delhi airport, sources said on Wednesday. While the sources mentioned the metal…
- India
Aviation regulator DGCA issues show cause notice to Akasa Air for violations
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday issued a showcause notice to Akasa Air for “several regulatory breaches identified during a recent review”. A spot audit and…
- India
Air India Express fined for not compensating fliers for cancelled flights
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Air India Express for not paying compensation to passengers for cancelled flights. The Directorate General of Civil…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad-bound private helicopter crashes near Pune; all four occupants survive
Pune: A private helicopter flying from Mumbai to Hyderabad crashed in Mulshi tehsil of Pune district on Saturday afternoon but all four persons on board survived, police said. While the pilot was…
- India
DGCA issues safety standards for ground handling service providers
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has come out with safety standards for ground handling service providers at airports, including the compulsory safety clearance requirement, as part of efforts to ensure safe ground…
- India
DGCA asks airlines, airports to increase women staff to 25 pc of workforce
New Delhi: Civil aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has issued an advisory to airports and airlines to increase the number of women employees in their organisations to ensure more…
- India
Video: 2 flights come dangerously close on runway at Mumbai airport
Mumbai: Aviation regulator DGCA is probing an incident of an IndiGo plane landing and an Air India aircraft taking off from the same runway in less than a minute at the Mumbai…
- India
DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India for inordinate flight delays
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA on Friday issued a show cause notice to Air India for inordinate delay of at least two international flights and failure to take due care of passengers.…
- India
Domestic air traffic rises to 1.32 crore in April
New Delhi: Domestic air passenger traffic rose by 3.88 per cent to 1.32 crore in April, according to official data released on Tuesday. The traffic stood at 128.88 lakh (1.28 crore) in…
- India
Ensure children are allocated seats with their parents: DGCA to airlines
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has asked airlines to ensure that children up to the age of 12 years are allocated seats with at least one of their parents or guardians in…
