Category: Civil Aviation

Aviation watchdog DGCA on Thursday said it has suspended Tata Group-owned Air India’s Flight Safety Chief Rajeev Gupta for one month for certain lapses. Besides, the regulator has directed the airline not to assign any audits, surveillance and spot checks to an auditor due to lack of diligence in work. On July 25 and 26, […]

A male passenger on board an IndiGo flight from the national capital to Chennai tried to open the cover of the emergency exit door prior to take-off on Tuesday night. In a statement on Wednesday, the airline said that as per the standard operating procedure, the passenger was declared unruly by the crew and handed […]

A SpiceJet flight on the way to Mumbai returned to Kolkata on Wednesday morning as the crew noticed a crack on one of the windows of the plane after take-off, officials said. The flight, SG-515, took off from the Kolkata airport at 6.17 am with 176 passengers and six crew members, they said. Mid-air, the […]

Akasa Air, a budget-friendly airline, has secured authorisation to operate international flights. According to sources, the airline is poised to commence international routes in December, with initial destinations centred around Middle-Eastern nations. However, the airline awaits the allocation of traffic rights by the government and subsequent approval from the relevant countries. These traffic rights are […]

Little over a year after commencing operations, Akasa Air has received approval from the civil aviation ministry for starting international flights and is looking to fly to destinations in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The airline, which is currently grappling with pilot shortage issues, has a fleet of 20 aircraft and plans […]

A small set of pilots abandoned their duties and left without serving their mandatory contractual notice period, forcing a disruption of flights between July and September, necessitating last- minute cancellations that stranded customers and caused inconvenience to the travelling public, CEO of Akasa Air Vinay Dube said in a mail written to its employees. “After […]

The first C-295 medium tactical transport aircraft landed in Vadodara on Wednesday, days after it was handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the southern Spanish city of Seville. The aircraft would be formally inducted into the IAF at a ceremony in Hindon near Delhi on September 25. Chief of Air Staff Air […]

A Chetak helicopter belonging to the Army Aviation Corps made a precautionary landing in the fields near Yamunanagar following a suspected technical fault. After landing, the helicopter was checked for its fitness and subsequently flown safely back to its base. According to Western Command Headquarters, the aircrew and passengers are safe and there is no […]

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has observed violation of rules that prohibit the use personal mobile phones by Air Traffic Control officers (ATCOs) and radio operators while on duty and has directed the authorities to ensure strict compliance of the same in the interest of flight safety. “The use of personal mobile phones or […]

The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically, under an agreement announced Monday between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. “When you’re talking about air taxis, that’s the future,” Republican Gov. Mike DeWine told The Associated Press. “We […]

The family of a 14-year-old girl who allegedly discovered a phone taped to the back of a toilet seat on a recent flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Boston said they believe she was targeted by a member of the crew. During the September 2 American Airlines flight 1441, the girl was told by a […]

A Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from a fighter jet over North Charleston on Sunday afternoon and the search for his missing aircraft was focused on two lakes north of North Charleston, military officials said. The pilot ejected and parachuted safely into a North Charleston neighborhood at about 2 pm. He was taken to a […]