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Pilot fatigue rules grounded for IndiGo till 10 Feb amid mega meltdown

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- India's aviation network has been plunged into disruption, with nearly half of all domestic flights cancelled over the past three days-largely at IndiGo-stranding hundreds of thou... Read More


IndiGo flight cancellations force DGCA U-turn on pilot rest rule

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- New Delhi, Mumbai : India's civil aviation regulator withdrew its instruction on Friday that prohibited airlines from substituting pilots' leave-casual, sick, or earned-with wee... Read More


IndiGo says it 'misjudged' new crew rules, assures full stability by 10 February

New Delhi/Mumbai, Dec. 4 -- IndiGo has admitted to the aviation regulator that it "misjudged" the operational impact of India's new flight duty time limitations (FDTL) norms, after close to 200 of its... Read More


Govt turns to short-term hires to plug DGCA's wide manpower gaps

New Delhi/Mumbai, Dec. 1 -- India is looking to hire short-term contractual staff to fill up nearly half of the vacancies at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the country's aviation re... Read More


With a plane delivered a week, Air India catches up with fleet additions at Indigo

New Delhi/Mumbai, Oct. 29 -- A little more than two years since it placed the first of two mega-orders of passenger jets on Airbus SE and Boeing Co., India's second largest carrier Air India has start... Read More


Air India faces Rs.4,000-crore hit from Pak airspace closure: CEO Campbell Wilson

New Delhi/Mumbai, Oct. 29 -- Tata Group's Air India faces a Rs.4,000-crore ($500 million) hit from the closure of Pakistan air space since June 2025 following Operation Sindoor the previous month, sai... Read More


Mint Explainer: What DGCA's new rest rules mean for cabin crew and flight safety

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- India's aviation safety regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has proposed a new set of rest-time norms for cabin crew that could reshape airline rostering... Read More


The unforeseen hurdles in Naveen Jindal's Thyssenkrupp bid

New Delhi/Mumbai, Oct. 12 -- Hefty pension obligations and workforce reorganization have emerged as key issues in Naveen Jindal's bid to acquire thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (TKSE), as discussions contin... Read More