‘Altered or forged records..’: DGCA warned Air India Express of delays in Airbus engine fixes; months before AI 171 Dreamliner crash – Times of India

Air India Express operates as a Tata Group-controlled subsidiary of Air India. (AI image) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation had in March expressed disapproval against Air India Express for…

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Aviation oversight revamp: DGCA rolls out ‘360-degree’ special audits; multi-disciplinary teams to inspect airlines, airports, MROs – Times of India

Seeking to plug systemic safety gaps exposed by recent accidents, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has introduced a special-audit framework that promises a 360-degree evaluation of India’s entire…

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‘Violation of standard airworthiness…’: Days before Air India crash, DGCA warned airline of breaching safety rules on Airbus aircraft: Report – Times of India

The regulator noted that Air India "failed to submit timely compliance responses" to identified deficiencies. (Ai image) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation had issued a warning to Air India…

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Govt to launch e-licenses for pilots; India to be second country to do so for flight crew | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Union aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu will Thursday launch Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) “electronic personnel license (EPL) for pilots, making India the second country in the…

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Second in a week: DGCA issues show cause to Akasa, this time for operations manual violations – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday issued a show cause notice to Akasa for alleged lapses in its operations manual and for the airline’s director…

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DGCA show cause to Akasa for no corrective training to captain post hard landing at Bangalore – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday issued a show cause notice to Akasa Air for reportedly not providing corrective training to a pilot-in-command (PIC) after…

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SpiceJet off DGCA enhanced surveillance list but random checks to continue to ‘ensure safety’ – Times of India

SpiceJet (Picture credit: IANS) NEW DELHI: Following recent fund infusion that is expected to stabilise SpiceJet, the airline will no longer operate under enhanced surveillance of the Directorate General of…

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SpiceJet informs DGCA all its grounded planes to fly again within 2 years; earmark Rs 400 crore for that – Times of India

SpiceJet informs DGCA all its grounded planes to fly again within 2 years; earmark Rs 400 crore for that. NEW DELHI: Thanks to its recent Rs 3,000-crore funding, SpiceJet has…

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Jammed rudder: DGCA issues safety guidance for Boeing 737s & stops CAT 3B landings on some of them – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In the latest scare for Boeing 737s, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Monday sounded an alert for Collins Aerospace rudders jamming on these planes. The regulator…

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