Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday issued guidelines to assess the fitness of transgender pilot applicants. The move comes weeks after transgender trainee pilot, Adam Harry, had alleged that he was denied a commercial pilot’s license because he was undergoing hormone therapy. However, on July 13, the DGCA had invited Harry […]
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Sharing passengers’ info to help Customs check smuggling: Govt on new PNR rule
New passenger information regulations announced earlier this week are meant to improve the ability of Customs authorities to stop smuggling of contraband such as narcotics and materials that could pose a threat to national security, the government said in a statement on Wednesday, after the new rules triggered concerns of privacy intrusions. Late on Monday, […]
Air India to add 24 new domestic flights between metros from Aug 20
NEW DELHI: Air India on Thursday announced 24 new domestic flights starting August 20 to increase the frequency between key metros, the first major increase in flights after Tata Sons took control of the airline from the government in January this year. “The strengthening of domestic connectivity has been enabled as more aircraft return to service,” an […]
Bomb scare at Bengaluru Airport turns out to be a hoax: Report
Officials at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru had a major scare after crew members found a note in a flight’s lavatory that warned a bomb had been planted. The plane, from a private carrier, took off from Jaipur and arrived in Bengaluru on Sunday night. A report on The Times of India said the […]
Data shows dip in air accidents in 2022; officials hail framework
There were four accidents in Indian skies in 2021, compared to two in 2020 and one each in the preceding two years, according to official data, numbers that show that the country’s civil aviation sector is safe, a top official said, attributing this to a robust regulatory framework. India has seen one air accident till […]
Airlines to share details of foreign travellers with customs for ‘risk analysis’
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on Tuesday asked all Indian airlines to mandatorily share with them the PNR details of international passengers with customs authorities 24 hours prior to departure of their flights to help authorities maintain “risk analysis” of passengers and prevent law offenders from fleeing the country. The information […]
Airlines asked to share international passengers’ contact details with customs
The government has made it mandatory for airlines to share international passengers’ details with the customs department citing ‘risk analysis’. The decision was taken on Monday. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said that every airline is now required to provide Passenger Name Record (PNR) details to the National Customs Targeting Centre-Passenger […]
Two IndiGo engineers struck by lightning at Nagpur airport, hospitalised
Two engineers of IndiGo airlines were injured after being struck by lightning at Nagpur’s Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport on Saturday. The incident happened amid heavy rain and thunder in the Maharashtra district when they were on their walkie-talkie, carrying out routine recce for an incoming IndiGo Ahmedabad-Nagpur flight. One of the engineers fell unconscious […]
SpiceJet flight: DGCA probe on after fliers walk on tarmac at Delhi airport
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is looking into a Saturday night incident at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI), where passengers who landed from Hyderabad on a SpiceJet flight walked on the tarmac towards the terminal, in the absence of an aircraft bus. The airline, however, denied the incident and said only “a few […]
SpiceJet flyers walk on Delhi airport’s tarmac after waiting for bus for 45 mins
A significant number of passengers who disembarked from SpiceJet’s Hyderabad-Delhi flight on Saturday night had to walk on the airport’s tarmac as the airline could not provide a bus for around 45 minutes to take them to the terminal, sources said. Spicejet, however, said there was a brief delay in the arrival of coaches, and […]
Civil aviation minister Scindia flags off first flight of new airline Akasa Air
Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday virtually flagged off Akasa Air’s first commercial flight, that departed from Mumbai to Ahmedabad, and termed the inauguration a “new dawn” for the civil aviation sector in the country in more ways than one. Flight QP1101, with 189 passengers, took off from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport […]
Air India to lease six aircraft as poor interiors delay flights to North America
Air India is planning to lease six B777 aircraft for the first time in at least 10 years, officials aware of the matter said and added this was being done largely as poor interiors were delaying flights to North America. An official said flights to the US and Canada, specifically to Vancouver, have been delayed […]