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DGCA to carry out final airline audits this week ahead of US aviation body checks

India, Oct. 5 -- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will begin a final round of inspections of all Indian airlines this week, ahead of the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) audi... Read More


IndiGo to raise fuel charges in domestic and international sectors amid high jet fuel prices

India, Oct. 5 -- India's largest airline, IndiGo, on Monday said it will "recalibrate" fuel charges on all its domestic and international flights, effective for bookings made from Tuesday, October 6. ... Read More


DGCA should be turned independent, with own money and hiring: Proposal before govt

India, Oct. 2 -- India's aviation regulator should be converted into an independent authority, created by a new law and with its own money and its own hiring, according to a proposal submitted to the ... Read More


Netanyahu hails Indian pilot Smit Machchar's heroics on flydubai plane: 'Extraordinary bravery'

India, Oct. 1 -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid tribute to Indian pilot Smit Machchar's "extraordinary bravery" for opening the cockpit door on time despite being stabbed by his Omani... Read More


Israel's Netanyahu hails Indian pilot Smit Machchar's heroics in saving 174 lives aboard flydubai aircraft

India, Oct. 1 -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid tribute to Indian pilot Smit Machchar's "extraordinary bravery" for opening the cockpit door on time despite being stabbed by his Omani... Read More


Pilots' body seeks tax relief to stem exodus to Gulf carriers

India, Sept. 30 -- The Airline Pilots' Association of India (ALPA India) has urged the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) to raise five targeted tax measures for pilots with the Ministry of Finance, ar... Read More


govt exploring route over china to bypass pak airspace ban

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- India is exploring an alternative air route over China's Xinjiang to reduce the impact of the continued closure of Pakistani airspace, civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu sa... Read More


govt exploring route over china to bypass pak airspace ban

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- India is exploring an alternative air route over China's Xinjiang to reduce the impact of the continued closure of Pakistani airspace, civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu sa... Read More


Air traffic controllers raise concerns over new automation system displays

India, Sept. 29 -- Air traffic controllers (ATCOs) have raised concerns over the large situation-data displays, trials of which are being conducted at Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai airport under the... Read More


Federation of Indian Pilots seeks say on independent review of AI-171 crash probe report

India, Sept. 27 -- A body representing commercial pilots in India has written to civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu asking whether the government intends to have an independent committee examine ... Read More