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Rising airfares: DGCA to engage with airlines for appropriate action

With crisis-hit Jet Airways drastically curtailing its operations, there has been an adverse impact on the number of flights being operated on various routes

HC seeks DGCA, Centre stand on plea to ground A320neos with P&W engines

The Delhi High Court Friday sought responses of the Centre and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on a plea seeking grounding of all Airbus 320 Neo aircraft fitted with the troubled Pratt and Whitney engines. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani asked the DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to indicate their stand on the issue by August 8, saying there have been several instances recently of problems with Airbus Neo 320 planes flying on this specific engine. On April 2, a Pune-Nagpur flight of IndiGo -- an Airbus A320 Neo -- was grounded soon after take-off due to "excessive engine vibrations". This, according to industry sources, was the sixth such incident in the past two weeks. In the application, moved before the high court by former director of Flight Safety of Indian Airlines Captain S S Panesar, it has been contended that the Airbus aircraft fitted with the Pratt and Whitney (P&W) engines are not 100 per cent safe. P&W is .

Don't charge steep fares for flights to J&K, Northeast, Port Blair: DGCA

The civil aviation regulator is also expected to take a call next week on the release of slots that are lying unused due to the grounding of Jet's fleet

Operations at nine airports resume after temporary suspension

The move to close the airports had come amid escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan after the IAF carried out strikes on terror bases in Pakistan.

Govt plans to arm DGCA with powers to impose penalties for violating rules

Stringent provisions are in place that allows the DGCA to deal with violations at various levels

DGCA asks airlines to make in-flight announcement in local language

Airline executives say this will create a problem for crew rostering due to language diversity in India

Air traffic controllers should work up to 12 hrs, get rest: Draft norms

The DGCA has also proposed that the night duty to be restricted to 12 hours with a ceiling of three consecutive duties at a time

DGCA advises 737 MAX pilots to train in Lion Air crash-like scenarios

A Lion Air Boeing 737 passenger jet flying to Jakarta from Bali crashed on October 29 off the coast of Indonesia killing all 189 people on board sparking safety concerns

Air India pilots' union cries foul over DGCA move to create consultant post

In a letter to the DGCA, the grouping has requested either the withdrawal of the vacancy notice or making the terms for recruitment more 'equitable'

Tell passengers if flight carrying a martyr's body: DGCA to airlines

The regulator has, however, dropped the proposal of asking flyers to maintain 30 seconds of silence

DGCA starts special safety audit of domestic airlines: Senior official

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is conducting the audit in the areas of flight operations quality assurance, operations and training, the official said

DGCA to license air traffic controller after poor ranking in safety audit

According to the latest ICAO audit data, India is placed below neighbouring Pakistan, Nepal and many other countries

Domestic air passenger traffic grows by over 16% to 11.86 mn in May: DGCA

Budget carrier IndiGo continued to be the market leader, carrying 4.85 mn passengers in May, while full service carrier Jet Airways followed it, carrying 1.62 mn passengers

Landmark judgment: Court strikes down stretched duty hours for pilots

Mandates DGCA to come out with a regulation in one year

11 IndiGo, GoAir A320 neo planes fitted with P&W engines to be grounded

DGCA grounds A320 neo aircraft with a particular series of Pratt & Whitney engines due to technical issues

DGCA moots steps to enhance employability of aircraft maintenance engineers

Jayant Sinha was addressing a discussion on enhancing the employability of aircraft maintenance engineers

Air Deccan gets flying permit to begin shceduled flights under UDAN scheme

The scheduled commuter operator (SCO) permit to Air Deccan, which is promoted by GR Gopinath, was handed over to the airline

Zaira's mother did not want to file complaint: Vistara to DGCA

The airline has informed the watchdog about it in the final investigation report into the incident submitted earlier this week

DGCA gets tough, says takeoff within 5 minutes of ATC clearance or move to end of queue

The move is likely to penalise airlines with poor on-time performance and will ensure that those with a better record do not suffer.

DGCA invites bids from consulting firms for its eGCA project

The project is aimed at completely automating the processes and functions of DGCA