Category: Civil Aviation

Over sixty passengers have been placed in the no fly list in the past year by the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), the central government revealed a Lok Sabha reply on Monday. “A total of 63 passengers have been placed in “No Fly List” for the last one year, as recommended by the airline’s […]

The operations at newly launched terminal 2 in Bengaluru airport are slowly gearing up as many airlines will use it for domestic departures and arrivals. Air Asia announced they will shift the operations to terminal 2 from February 15 and other airlines are also likely to shift their major domestic operations to this terminal. In […]

A female cancer patient, who recently underwent a surgery, was allegedly offloaded from a New York-bound flight of American Airlines at Delhi airport after she sought assistance from a flight attendant to keep her hand-bag in overhead cabin. The incident was reported on January 30, and it came to light after the United States-based traveller, […]

Vistara airlines has paid a record penalty of ₹70 lakh imposed by India’s civil aviation regulator for not operating the minimum number of mandated flights to underserved areas of the country’s northeast, officials said. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had in October last yearfined the full-service carrier for not complying with the rules […]

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday sought a detailed report from Air India Express after its Kozhikode-bound flight was forced to return to Abu Dhabi due to an engine failure immediately after take-off earlier in the day. “We have started an investigation into the matter and sought a detailed report of the […]

A Kozhikode-bound Air India Express flight with 184 passengers on board was forced to return to Abu Dhabi due to engine failure on Friday, an official of India’s aviation regulator said. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official said the B737-800 plane was involved in an air turnback, which refers to a situation where […]

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered an inquiry after a passenger who was supposed to take an Indigo flight to Patna instead boarded another flight of the airline and landed at Udaipur – about 1400km away from his destination. The incident was reported on January 30 (Monday), and the passenger was sent […]

A heated argument broke out between passengers and staff of a Patna-bound SpiceJet flight after it got delayed by over two hours at Delhi airport. According to officials, the flight was delayed due to operational issue. “The flight’s departure was delayed due to an operational issue. It has already landed in Patna,” said the SpiceJet […]

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, the operator of India’s top airline IndiGo, on Friday reported an eleven-fold jump in quarterly profit led by a pick up in demand for air travel. The airline has been contending with surging fuel costs and currency volatility tha t hit profit for the past three quarters. However, a sharp recovery in […]

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sought a detailed report from the Air India Express after its flight from Abu Dhabi to Kozhikode (Calicut) was forced to return to its originating airport due to an engine failure on Friday. “We have begun investigating the matter and have sought a detailed report of […]

An Air India Express flight from Abu Dhabi to Kerala’s Kozhikode (or Calicut) was forced to return shortly after taking off because of a ‘flameout’ in the No. 1 engine while the plane was climbing. National regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation told news agency ANI the plane was a Boeing 737-800 and that it […]

Aircraft, pilots, and the sheer pleasure of flying in the limitless azure skies is an ambition that almost every child harbours in his or her heart. I clearly remember that on being asked the most hackneyed question, “Beta, bade ho kar kya banna chahte ho? (Son, what do you want to be when you grow […]