Aviation regulator DGCA has slapped a ₹10 lakh penalty on Akasa Air for failing to provide compensation on time to some passengers who were denied boarding at the Bangalore airport in September, according to a source. In an order dated December 23, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said Akasa Air initiated the process of providing compensation to the passengers …
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has suspended Air India’s flight safety chief for one month after finding lapses during a surveillance audit conducted in July, the body said in a statement on Thursday. “The DGCA team carried out the surveillance of Air India on July 25-26, 2023 in the areas of internal audit, accident prevention work and availability of …
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation last month countered media reports that claimed that Adam Harry – a transman from Kerala – has been denied permission by the regulator to get a commercial pilot licence New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Wednesday issued guidelines for medical examiners to assess fitness of transgender persons who have applied for commercial pilot licence. …
India’s aviation regulator DGCA is investigating an incident wherein a cargo-only flight of budget airline GoAir took off from Chennai with 160 passengers, without the clearance to land at the destination, Port Blair. An official with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said that the regulator is probing the incident and if the flight was meant to serve as a …