Mumbai: Low-cost airline IndiGo on Monday told pilots — including captains, first officers and junior first officers — that it will reinstate their salaries to pre-Covid levels by November. This will be done in two increments of 6% each, in September and November. Soon after the Covid-induced lockdown in March 2020, the airline revised its […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Pakistan helicopter carrying army general, other top officials goes missing
A military helicopter with an army general and five others went missing on Monday during a flood relief operation in southern Pakistan, the army said. The army aviation helicopter, which was helping with the operation in Lasbela district in southern Balochistan province had lost contact with air traffic control, the army said in a statement. […]
India’s diktat to all airlines after series of safety-related incidents
India has asked airlines to increase their engineering-related capabilities at all base and transit stations, the junior minister for civil aviation told lawmakers on Monday, after a series of safety-related incidents in recent weeks. Airlines have also been asked to take “appropriate mitigation action and greater internal surveillance to ensure safety of air operations”, V. […]
SpiceJet clears dues, will no longer operate on ‘cash & carry’ basis
SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has cleared all outstanding dues and will no longer operate on the “cash and carry” basis at the Airports Authority of India (AAI) run airports across the country by reverting to advanced payments for flight operations. “SpiceJet’s ability to clear the pending dues reflects the airline’s improved cash flow in […]
Dubai-based SpiceJet lessor asks DGCA to de-register 3 planes
A Dubai-based lessor of SpiceJet Ltd has asked India’s aviation regulator to de-register three of the budget airline’s planes as SpiceJet struggles with high costs and maintenance challenges. The United Arab Emirates aeronautics firm AWAS did not specify why it was seeking to deregister the three Boeing 737s in Friday’s notification, published by India’s aviation […]
Indian airspace absolutely safe, says DGCA chief amid frequent snags
Amid a series of technical snags reported by Indian carriers in the recent past sparking safety-related concerns, aviation watchdog DGCA’s chief Arun Kumar on Sunday said such issues are faced by foreign airlines as well and dismissed the possibility of any “havoc” that could have been created by these glitches. Among other carriers, a spate […]
India’s aviation sector safe, snags reported are routine: DGCA chief
Aviation watchdog DGCA’s chief Arun Kumar on Sunday said technical snags faced by domestic carriers in recent weeks did not have the potential to cause havoc and that even foreign airlines that came to India reported 15 technical snags in the last 16 days. The country’s civil aviation space is “absolutely safe” and all the […]
Bombay HC directs collector to remove 48 structures flouting aircraft rules
The Bombay high court on Friday directed the Mumbai suburban district collector to initiate measures to remove the 48 structures that are apparently coming in the path of the aircraft flying in and out of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and are in violation of the Aircraft Obstacle Rules. The structures consist of unauthorised […]
HC directs district collector to remove 48 structures flouting Aircraft Rules
Mumbai The Bombay high court (HC) on Friday directed the Mumbai suburban district collector to initiate measures to remove 48 structures which are obstructing the flight path of aircrafts near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and are also in violation of the Aircraft Obstacle Rules. The structures consist of unauthorised floors and water tanks of […]
IAF set to phase out all 4 of its ageing MiG-21s by 2025
The Indian Air Force is set to retire one of its four remaining squadrons of ageing MiG-21 fighter jets in September, with the other three scheduled to be phased out over the next three years, people familiar with the development said on Friday. The phasing out of the squadrons is not linked to the July […]
No flights cancelled, timely departures: SpiceJet statement amid DGCA order
A day after it was asked by the aviation regulator to curtail its services by half, SpiceJet said on Thursday that it is confident of scaling up its operations and addressing concerns of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). India’s aviation regulator DGCA on Wednesday said it is restricting to half SpiceJet’s summer schedule […]
‘Hullabaloo unfortunate…’: DGCA chief on reports of airlines’ snags, glitches
An aircraft may ‘continue to be used for air operation subject to compliance’ to rules and regulations, Arun Kumar, the chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, said Thursday, a day after the national watchdog cut SpiceJet’s summer schedule by half based on findings from its ‘spot checks… inspections’. The DGCA chief played down […]