India, Aug. 13 -- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a warning to Air India after finding that two of its Bengaluru-London flights in May exceeded the 10-hour pilot flight time limit stipulated under the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR).

Air India said the rostering issue on the two flights on May 16 and May 17 arose "due to a different interpretation of a permission that was granted to mitigate the border-related airspace closure".

"This was corrected immediately after the right interpretation was conveyed to us. Air India remains fully compliant with the rules," an airline spokesperson said.

DGCA'S letter, dated August 11, said the airline was sent a show cause notice on June 20 asking it to explain the reaso...