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DGCA suspends licence of SpiceJet pilot for six months

Action after mid-air turbulence injured passengers during a flight in May

The Hindu

DGCA suspends licences of 2 pilots for violation of rules in two separate cases

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the licence of pilots for violation of rules in two separate cases. Read more on Dynamite News:

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DGCA asks airlines to strictly enforce COVID-19 protocol amid rise in cases

Airlines have to ensure that passengers are wearing face masks properly throughout the journey and there is proper sensitisation of passengers through various platforms, according the the DCGA

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DGCA issues guidelines to prevent bird hits at airports

The DGCA has asked the airports to carry out a wildlife risk assessment and rank them according to the risk posed to aircraft.

The Hindu

DGCA opens doors for transgender pilots

Formulates its first-ever medical guidelines for transgender aspirants

The Hindu

SpiceJet flyers walk on Delhi airport’s tarmac after waiting for bus; DGCA probe begins

Spicejet, however, said there was a brief delay in the arrival of coaches, and once the buses came, all the passengers travelled on them from the tarmac to the terminal

The Hindu

Explained | The protections for passengers with a disability on flights and the latest amendment

The rules governing air travel by persons with disabilities have been amended following the furore over IndiGo airlines’ treatment of a child with special needs

The Hindu

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A Go First car stops under IndiGo Plane, DGCA orders inquiry

A Go First Maruti vehicle stopped under the nose area of the Indigo aircraft VT-ITJ that was parked at Terminal T-2 IGI airport in Delhi.

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Indian aviation sector 'absolutely safe'; foreign carriers that came to India reported 15 tech snags in last 16 days: DGCA chief

The country's civil aviation space is "absolutely safe" and all the protocols laid down by the ICAO are followed, said the DGCA

The Hindu

Demolish 48 obstacles on flightpath in Mumbai: Bombay High Court

A PIL pointed out that there are blatant violations of air safety regulations by the Airport Authority of India and the DGCA

The Hindu

DGCA order to SpiceJet unlikely to affect flight services from Kerala

Airlines operates only three services from the State

The Hindu

DGCA scales down SpiceJet flights by half

Experts term order an ‘eyewash’ as the airline was already flying less than 50% of its approved flights

The Hindu

DGCA ‘examining’ SpiceJet reply to show-cause notice

Notice was served as the regulator found the airline failed to provide safe air services after a spate of mid-flight incidents

The Hindu

DGCA grounded 10 SpiceJet planes after inspection: Govt

These aircraft were identified when the DGCA carried out 53 spot checks on SpiceJet’s 48 aircraft between July 9 and July 13

The Hindu

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DGCA’s medical tests for pilot licence recognise trans persons: Govt. to Parliament

‘A trans person applicant may be issued fit medical assessment, provided there are no associated medical, psychiatric or psychological conditions’

The Hindu

Training aircraft crash-lands near Pune; pilot safe

Cadet pilot was hospitalised with minor injuries

The Hindu

DGCA conducts spot checks on 48 SpiceJet aircraft; finds no major safety violation: Govt

SpiceJet planes were involved in at least eight technical malfunction incidents in the 18-day period starting June 19, following which the DGCA had on July 6 issued a show-cause notice to the airline

The Hindu

Shortage of air traffic controllers widens

AAI asks DGCA to revise their duty timings and reduce rest periods

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‘DGCA rule for disabled air travellers is an insult’

Disability rights community demands its withdrawal

The Hindu

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Disability should not be a ground to deny boarding, DGCA tells airlines

After outrage, regulator amends rules, asks operators to seek medical opinion

The Hindu

DGCA grounds Air India plane, two pilots

Air India flight from Dubai to Kochi saw drop in pressurisation levels

The Hindu

GoFirst flight suffers windshield crack mid-air

Third incident in two days

The Hindu

Two GoFirst aircraft grounded after engines malfunction mid-flight

DGCA to investigate into the incidents

The Hindu

DGCA asks airlines to depute engineers at all airports

DGCA order comes after it found airlines were wrongly identifying aircraft defects

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