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DGCA opens doors for transgender pilots

Formulates its first-ever medical guidelines for transgender aspirants

The Hindu

SpiceJet flyers walk on Delhi airport’s tarmac after waiting for bus; DGCA probe begins

Spicejet, however, said there was a brief delay in the arrival of coaches, and once the buses came, all the passengers travelled on them from the tarmac to the terminal

The Hindu

Explained | The protections for passengers with a disability on flights and the latest amendment

The rules governing air travel by persons with disabilities have been amended following the furore over IndiGo airlines’ treatment of a child with special needs

The Hindu

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Vistara flight returns to Varanasi due to bird hit during take off

NEW DELHI: A Vistara Varanasi-Mumbai flight on Friday suffered a bird hit during take off. The aircraft safely returned safely to the origin airport.

The Times of India

DGCA de-registers 3 SpiceJet aircraft within 5 days of request from lessor; another may be de-registered on Friday

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday de-registered three Boeing 737s leased to SpiceJet on the request of the lessor made under provisions of Irrevocable De-registration and Export Request Authorisations (IDERA).

The Times of India

GoFirst Ahmedabad-Chandigarh flight returns to origin following bird hit

NEW DELHI: GoFirst’s Ahmedabad-Chandigarh flight on Thursday returned to the origin soon after take off following a bird hit. “There was a suspected bird hit to engine number 1 and the aircraft operating as G8-911 returned to Ahmedabad. It is being investigated,” said a Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)…

The Times of India

A Go First car stops under IndiGo Plane, DGCA orders inquiry

A Go First Maruti vehicle stopped under the nose area of the Indigo aircraft VT-ITJ that was parked at Terminal T-2 IGI airport in Delhi.

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Indian aviation sector 'absolutely safe'; foreign carriers that came to India reported 15 tech snags in last 16 days: DGCA chief

The country's civil aviation space is "absolutely safe" and all the protocols laid down by the ICAO are followed, said the DGCA

The Hindu

List steps to raze 48 obstacles in flight path: Bombay HC to collector

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday directed the collector (suburbs) to list steps for demolition of 48 obstacles in the aircraft approach path to the runway at the airport in Santacruz in less than a month.

The Times of India

Demolish 48 obstacles on flightpath in Mumbai: Bombay High Court

A PIL pointed out that there are blatant violations of air safety regulations by the Airport Authority of India and the DGCA

The Hindu

SpiceJet Mumbai-Kandla flight aborts take-off

NEW DELHI: A day after SpiceJet was ordered to operate half of its approved schedule, its Mumbai-Kandla flight aborted take-off at Mumbai on Thursday after getting a caution alert. The aircraft safely returned to the bay and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is examining the issue.

The Times of India

DGCA order to SpiceJet unlikely to affect flight services from Kerala

Airlines operates only three services from the State

The Hindu

DGCA scales down SpiceJet flights by half

Experts term order an ‘eyewash’ as the airline was already flying less than 50% of its approved flights

The Hindu

DGCA puts SpiceJet under 'enhanced surveillance', orders airline to operate half of allowed flights this summer

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday ordered SpiceJet to operate a truncated schedule — half of the allowed fights — this summer. The airline has also been put under "enhanced surveillance” for 8 weeks.

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DGCA ‘examining’ SpiceJet reply to show-cause notice

Notice was served as the regulator found the airline failed to provide safe air services after a spate of mid-flight incidents

The Times of India

Pune: Trainee pilot bruised in crash landing, lens on 'power loss'

PUNE: A trainee pilot, on a solo cross-country flight, suffered minor injuries after a Cessna 152 (VT-ALI) trainer aircraft of a flying school in Baramati crash-landed on an agriculture field at Kadbanwadi in Indapur tehsil, about 135km from the city, around 11.30am on Monday.

The Hindu

DGCA grounded 10 SpiceJet planes after inspection: Govt

These aircraft were identified when the DGCA carried out 53 spot checks on SpiceJet’s 48 aircraft between July 9 and July 13

The Hindu

DGCA’s medical tests for pilot licence recognise trans persons: Govt. to Parliament

‘A trans person applicant may be issued fit medical assessment, provided there are no associated medical, psychiatric or psychological conditions’

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Training aircraft crash-lands near Pune; pilot safe

Cadet pilot was hospitalised with minor injuries

The Hindu

DGCA conducts spot checks on 48 SpiceJet aircraft; finds no major safety violation: Govt

SpiceJet planes were involved in at least eight technical malfunction incidents in the 18-day period starting June 19, following which the DGCA had on July 6 issued a show-cause notice to the airline

The Hindu

Shortage of air traffic controllers widens

AAI asks DGCA to revise their duty timings and reduce rest periods

The Hindu

‘DGCA rule for disabled air travellers is an insult’

Disability rights community demands its withdrawal

The Hindu

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Disability should not be a ground to deny boarding, DGCA tells airlines

After outrage, regulator amends rules, asks operators to seek medical opinion

The Hindu

DGCA grounds Air India plane, two pilots

Air India flight from Dubai to Kochi saw drop in pressurisation levels

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