DGCA fills 27% of newly created positions amid expansion of airlines: MoCA

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has filled approximately 27 per cent of its 416 newly created positions for Group A officers, with the remaining to be filled shortly, according to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA). Created in 2022, these positions are distributed across the DGCA’s headquarters and its regional and sub-regional offices.

The expansion comes in response to the rapidly growing fleets of airlines such as IndiGo and Air India. MoCA is concurrently scaling up staffing at the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to bolster aviation safety and infrastructure.