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DGCA urges doctor's advice before denying boarding to special-needs flyers

The regulator's move comes shortly after an incident at Ranchi Airport where India's largest airline IndiGo refused to let a disabled teenager board its aircraft

Airlines cannot refuse to fly people with disability: Aviation regulator

An airline that regards a specially abled passenger's health must consult a doctor at the airport: DGCA.

No pilot tests positive for drugs, cabin crew alcohol shows revival in 2022

In just the first four months of this year, 41 pilots and cabin crew showed traces of alcohol, of which nine were pilots. In all of 2021, some 59 tested positive, 19 wer pilots

DGCA fines Vistara Rs 10 lakh for letting untrained pilot land flight

The Vistara pilot, who was the first officer on the flight, landed the aircraft at the Indore airport without first getting the requisite training in a simulator

Looking at business class for A321XLR, says IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta

'We are taking the Ranchi incident as a learning opportunity and treating it as a case study'

Specially-abled child incident a lesson for us, won't appeal order: IndiGo

IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta said IndiGo needs to be sensitive in their training and take the specially-abled child incident as a case study

DGCA fines SpiceJet Rs 10 lakh for training pilots on faulty simulator

This is the third time that the regulator has imposed a financial penalty on operators for violation of rules after being empowered to do so

ATC suspended for okaying IndiGo flights that came too close post take off

The incident was called "breach of separation", which happens when two aircraft cross the minimum mandatory vertical or horizontal distance in the airspace.

Rs 10 lakh fine on SpiceJet for training 737 Max pilots on faulty simulator

After barring the pilots, the regulator had issued a show-cause notice to the airline.

Jet Airways' Q4 net loss widens to Rs 234 cr; total income falls 33%

The full service carrier had a standalone net loss of Rs 107.01 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing

DGCA warns airlines against offering passengers unserviceable seats

Earlier this year, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation had conducted an audit of seats and other cabin fittings in aircraft of airlines, and found that many had broken or unserviceable seats

Jet Airways hires senior executives as it prepares to take wing again

The Kalrock-Jalan consortium which is reviving the grounded airline on Monday announced the appointment of senior executives in charge of engineering, inflight product and services, sales, and digital

Around 10.8 million domestic passengers travelled in April, says DGCA

The passenger load factors - which means occupancy rates - were above 78 per cent for all major Indian private carriers in April, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated.

Jet Airways gets certificate to resume commercial flight operations

The airline intends to recommence commercial operations in July-September quarter.

Runway excursion: DGCA suspends licences of 2 Alliance Air pilots for 1 yr

Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday said it has suspended the licenses of two Alliance Air's pilots whose actions led to their plane overshooting the runway while landing at the Jabalpur airport

Faulty handling of passenger by IndiGo ground staff, says DGCA probe

Tighter norms likely for carriage of persons with disability

Jet's flying permit likely to be revalidated this week: DGCA official

Jet Airways, which is set to conduct its final phase of proving flights on Tuesday, is expected to get its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) revalidated this week, according to a senior DGCA official.

DGCA says IndiGo staff handled child boarding incident inappropriately

DGCA said it has issued a showcause notice to IndiGo after a fact-finding committee found the airline staff prima facie violated regulations in denying boarding to a specially-abled child

84 workers at 42 airports found drunk on duty between Jan '21-Mar '22: DGCA

While many of the workers who failed the alcohol tests were employed by airport operators, a significant section of them were employed by other companies which work at the airport

Jet Airways' proving flights scheduled to take place on May 15 and May 17

Proving flights are similar to commercial flights but with officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), executives and flight crew of the carrier concerned on board