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NEW DELHI: Airlines will now have to offer at least 60% seats “on any flight” without any selection charge and passengers travelling on the same PNR — who are usually family members or the travelling in a group — will need to be seated together, “preferably on adjacent seats,” The Directorate General of Civil Aviation…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has allowed Air India wide body pilots to fly for longer hours through a temporary flight duty time limitation (FDTL) relaxation due to the much longer routes the airline is forced to take on its flights between India and Europe, UK and North America amid the…
Aviation safety regulator DGCA has granted temporary relaxations in flight duty norms for Air India’s long-haul flights as the carrier takes longer routes because of airspace restrictions in the Middle East amid the ongoing Iran conflict, sources cited by news agency PTI said on Sunday.With Iranian and Iraqi airspace restrictions in place, Air India is…
NEW DELHI: Over 52,000 people had been flown to India from the Gulf on Indian and Middle East airlines and charter flights till 11.59 pm (IST) Friday, according to the DGCA. Indian carriers had operated 184 of these flights, followed by 85 by UAE carriers and 11 charters.Indian carriers are operating as many flights as…
The upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar has received its aerodrome licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), clearing a key regulatory hurdle and bringing the project closer to the start of flight operations.The development was confirmed by Rakesh Kumar Singh, chief executive officer of Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL) and the Yamuna…
Air passengers can now cancel or modify their tickets without paying additional charges within 48 hours of booking, subject to certain conditions, after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) revised refund norms. Under the amended civil aviation requirements (CAR) for ‘Refund of Airline Tickets to Passengers of Public Transport Undertakings’, airlines have also been…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday rolled out a series of stringent measures, citing a “recent surge in aviation incidents.”The enhanced safety directives were announced after a high-level meeting between the aviation regulator and Non-Scheduled Operators (NSOPs). The review came a day after an air ambulance en route to Delhi…
India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), recently issued draft rules to handle unruly passengers in aircraft. It plans to reinforce strict ‘No/Zero Tolerance Policy’ for handling unruly and disruptive passengers on aircraft, declaring such behaviour a punishable offence under the Aircraft Rules, 1937. For more clarity, find details and clarity from…
NEW DELHI: Unruly flyers beware, India has now decided to adopt a “no/zero tolerance policy” towards them with immediate effect to “ensure the safety of aircraft/persons/property and to maintain good order & discipline on board.” The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has come out with draft rules for handling such passengers in aircraft.The big…
NEW DELHI: Rohit Pawar on Saturday said he has written to Union home minister Amit Shah seeking a comprehensive and transparent investigation into the January 28 plane crash that killed Ajit Pawar.Numerous doubts have arisen regarding the plane crash involving Ajitdada, and these doubts were presented to the public through a press conference along with…
