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Refund development fee, DGCA tells airlines

Currently, a domestic passenger boarding a plane from IGIA has to pay Rs 100 per flight towards development fee while the amount is Rs 600 for international flyers

DGCA considers easing of import norms for aircraft

Domestic airlines may be allowed to import planes that are up to 18 years old against the current 15-year cap

Explain hike in cancellation fees: DGCA to airlines

This comes after market leader IndiGo decided to charge Rs 2,250 as cancellation fee for domestic flight tickets

Letters: DGCA is right

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) might be guilty of several transgressions, but it certainly does not lack common sense, although the editorial, "DGCA's latest misstep" (February 23) seems to imply it does. The DGCA was right to suspend the cabin crew of an airline for allowing Sonu Nigam to sing a couple of songs midflight on the aircraft's public address system.I am not aware of any airline elsewhere in the world or their regulators that allow passengers to be in the aisle except when they need to use the toilets or let them use the flight's public address system. The restrictions are in place for good reasons: blocking the aisles hinders movement while unauthorised use of the public address system blocks communication between passengers and the flight crew. What if a passenger had to summon the crew to attend to an emergency or had to use the toilet when Nigam was singing his songs on the public address system? Even if many on the flight were Nigam's fans, what of th

Letters: Not a threat to security

Apropos the editorial, "DGCA's latest misstep", suspending the crew of a Jet Airways flight for permitting playback singer Sonu Nigam to sing some of his songs just to make passengers on-board happy seems bizarre. By no stretch of imagination could the move have compromised the aircraft's security, unless of course, making passengers happy is considered a threat. By the same logic, announcements about approaching turbulence or other flight data should be subject to restriction.In 2012, the crew of a Finnair flight surprised its passengers travelling to Delhi by dancing to a Bollywood number to celebrate India's Republic Day. A video recording of their dance went viral on the internet, registering more than 5.5 million hits. No one has considered that gesture as compromising the security of the aircraft or crew.H N Ramakrishna, BengaluruLetters can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:The Editor, Business StandardNehru House, 4 Bahadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi 110 002Fax: (011) 23720201 ·

DGCA likely to come out with fresh guidelines on block hours

Block hours refer to the moment a commercial aircraft leaves the departure gate until it lands and reaches the arrival gate

No mid-air bash: DGCA prohibits singing, dancing in the aisle

Directs that no activities beyond regular duties of cabin crew would be permitted; says that safety of cabin is paramount