India on Wednesday asked its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Iraq, amid rising tension between Iran and the US after a drone strike by the American military killed their Iranian commander General Qasem Soleimani last week. Iran retaliated today with ballistic missile strikes at two bases used by US and coalition forces in Iraq.
Aviation regulator DGCA has started the process of issuing show cause notices to approximately 100 pilots and senior executives of GoAir over alleged violation of flight duty time limit (FDTL) norms, a senior official said on Monday.
Passengers onboard an Air India flight resorted to unruly behavior after they got restive with the delay. Aviation regulator DGCA has asked the national carrier to look into the issue after the video shot by a passenger went viral. The Air India flight 865, was scheduled to depart at 10 a.m. on January 3, from Delhi but flew out at 5:59 p.m.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday handed over the first licence issued by the aviation regulator DGCA to Air Traffic Control (ATC) personnel in the country. Till date, the licence to ATC personnel was being given by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) itself.
DGCA's decision to inspect PW engines came after a GoAir flight with such an engine had to return to Guwahati 10 minutes after take-off due to engine snag.
The 12 domestic carriers, including full-service carriers Air India and Vistara and budget carriers Indigo, Spicejet, Goair and AirAsia India together have flown 11.6 million passengers in November.
Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday instructed IndiGo to ensure that it grounds an old A320neo family aircraft with an unmodified Pratt and Whitney (PW) engine for every new A320neo plane added to its fleet.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the flying license of two pilots of IndiGo airlines for three months on Saturday. The suspension was done in connection with the runway incursion incident at Chennai airport on 14th July 2019.
At present, breath analyser test for these personnel is carried out at Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Cochin, Lucknow and Guwahati airports.
The aviation regulator on September 16 had issued rules for the tests to be conducted at all airports for airside workers, including those handling aircraft maintenance, air traffic control (ATC) and ground handling services.
Of the 97 aircraft, 23 have PW engines that have been used for more than 2,900 hours and have to be replaced in the first tranche by November 19, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told the low-cost carrier.
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Aviation regulator DGCA told IndiGo on Friday to replace Pratt and Whitney (PW) engines of 23 A320neo planes by November 19 or else they would be grounded.
"The data shows that in last year's winter schedule, foreign airlines operated 2,262 flights per week, which would increase by 3.05 per cent to 2,331 flights per week in this year's winter schedule," said an official of Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
The country's civil aviation regulator, DGCA, on Monday asked IndiGo not to use such A320 Neo planes which are fitted with PW engines already used for over 3,000 hours, or face grounding of aircraft, officials said.
Seven employees of IndiGo, and one airside worker each of GoAir and SpiceJet have failed the alcohol tests since the rules were issued, the official said.
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