Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
Air India gets DGCA nod for cross utilisation of wide-body pilots; same pilot allowed to fly B777, 787 planes
Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Under the plan approved by the DGCA, each of the eight designated examiners should have 150 hours of flying with at least 10 landings in terms of operating Boeing 777 and 787 separately, the official said.
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Air India Urination Case: DGCA may allow use of restraining device to control unruly passengers on flights, but only in THIS condition
Fri, Jan 06, 2023
Some airlines in India like Air Asia already keep the restraining device in the aircraft cabin for cabin crew to utilise in case passengers become physically violent.
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TRAI seeks views on regulating spectrum assigned to aviation agencies for communication
Sun, Dec 11, 2022
The telecom ministry had allocated very high frequency, which is between 30 to 300 Mhz band, to two agencies -- SITA and BCS for data communication link between aircraft and ground stations.
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Complaints of phenomenally HIGH FARES on India-UK route: Civil aviation regulator DGCA has this suggestion for flight ticket price searchers
Tue, Aug 10, 2021
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a travel advisory to passengers travelling to international destinations and has asked them to check the fare from the official website of the concerned airline.
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Airlines advisory in India: No intl commercial flight can disembark passengers after 1.30 am on March 23
Fri, Mar 20, 2020
No international commercial flight will be allowed to disembark its passengers, foreigners or Indians, on Indian soil after 1.30 am on March 23, aviation regulator DGCA said.
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Cyclone Fani: Suresh Prabhu says DGCA will issue revised guidelines to airlines as and when necessary
Fri, May 03, 2019
In a series of tweets about the cyclone, Prabhu said he will pledge funds from Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) if necessary "as per the extant rule".
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This Indian city gets medical drones to monitor patients in ICUs
Fri, Dec 28, 2018
Head of the IT wing Dr Ravi Kumar Chittoria, who is in charge of medical drone service said, "adoption of medical drones are well established in European countries whereas in India, it is still in the preliminary stage."
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Aviation: DGCA data shows 11.03% rise in domestic air passenger traffic in November
Fri, Dec 21, 2018
The traffic went up 11.03 per cent last month, according to the data. In November, the market share of Jet Airways declined to 12.8 per cent from 13.3 per cent in the previous month while that of SpiceJet climbed to 12.5 per cent from 11.7 per cent during the same period.
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Aviation: DGCA mulling new method to get on-time performance of domestic airlines
Wed, Dec 19, 2018
The OTP of an airline is currently measured only on the basis of the timings of the departing flights. However, the mechanism has in the past come under question from certain quarters. "We are now thinking of introducing OTP on arrivals also and it will help us in addressing the grey areas," said the official.
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Air India Express horror flight: Aviation disaster, check shocking photos of jet
Fri, Oct 12, 2018
A view of damage part of the Air India Express flight, in Mumbai, on Oct 12, 2018. Passengers onboard an Air India Express flight from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu to Dubai escaped a major accident after the wheels of the plane hit the airport outer wall while taking off.
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On Air India international flight, drunk man urinates on passenger's seat
Sat, Sep 01, 2018
"@Suresh Prabhu, @Sushma Swaraj @Air India. 30th Aug AI102 JFK to Delhi, seat36D. My mother travelling alone had to face extreme shock and trauma when a drunk passenger post dinner service fumbled across to her seat, removed his pants and urinated on her seat! Please look into urgently,? she said on Twitter.
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Aviation: Flying a drone can cost you dear if you are found in this state
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has recently announced that it will be issuing licence for flying of drones starting December 1. However, be warned that if you are found flying a drone in a drunken state, then you are in big trouble.
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