It has been two months since the time domestic flights in India resumed. The number of passengers travelling has dropped significantly. In June 2019, there were 1.21 crore travellers flying compared to the month of June 2020, where there are only 19.84 lakh active passengers. Travellers all around the country are still adjusting to the new ways of travel and it will take some time for them to regain their... Read More
The civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has banned the pilots, aircraft engineers or additional crew members from travelling in the cockpit unless deemed necessary for the safe operation of the flight. The decision came after an incident occurred on 13 July 2019, when an Air India pilot requested to travel to Bengaluru as an additional crew member in the cockpit. He was off-duty and was in... Read More
In the wake of a series of flight delays and cancellation complaints by passengers on social media, The Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked all the airlines to circulate text messages following every 30 minutes to all the passengers whose flight has been delayed, cancelled or whose boarding gates have changed. In a directive sent to all the airlines in India, Directorate General of Civil Aviation... Read More
The domestic market leader IndiGo flew 5 million passengers in October 2018, becoming the first airline to achieve this feat. Based on the report released by the government regulatory body of airlines Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), IndiGo has flown 50.75 lakh passengers in October. The airline continues to remain as the biggest carrier last month having a market share of 42.8% followed by Jet Airways and Air India... Read More
International flights are still not operational in India and for a good reason. But there are still special international flights which are operating with the permission of DGCA. Some of the flights are going to UAE and some are coming from there to India. One thing that is still not clear for India is when will the regular international charters resume. As for the flights coming from UAE, none of... Read More
According to the data unveiled by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India has reported 13.34% of domestic air traffic growth in October 2018. During October, around 1.18 crore passengers flew on domestic flights. The percentage is the lowest in the last 14 months. The Passenger Load Factor (PLF) that determines the airline’s occupancy too has reported a slowdown. The decrease is evident for most carriers, including IndiGo, AirAsia... Read More
The Ministry of Civil Aviation will not tolerate anything that compromises on air safety and standards, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Minister was speaking at the 12th International Conference on Civil Aviation and Cargo, organised by ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry) in New Delhi. “The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) knows its job. I do not know what the DGCA had been doing earlier,... Read More
Indian Aviation Industry has been temporarily suspended as the government has lockdown the entire nation for 21 days to combat the deadly virus. All the commercial domestic and international operations have been suspended until April 14, 2020. However, Rescue flights and cargo planes have been exempted from the ban to avoid a hassle in the industry and evacuate passengers from infected nations. To ensure that Aircraft which are exempted from... Read More
The civil aviation authority the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued notices to G. Chandramouli and Manoj Gangal, the directors of Chennai and Ahmedabad airports. The notices claimed that the Chennai and Ahmedabad airports failed to maintain a few critical areas of airports as per the prescribed safety standards. DGCA conducted the inspections of the airports earlier this month following multiple aircraft landing incidents at various airports. The... Read More
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will revise the timeline given to IndiGo and GoAir to replace the Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines of their A320 Neo aircraft, which have operated for more than 2,900 hours. Earlier, the deadlines given to complete replacements of at least one engine were November 13, 2019, for GoAir, and November 19, 2019, for IndiGo. DGCA will decide the new timeline by Friday. According... Read More
The regulatory body for civil aviation, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has proposed that the duty period of an Air Traffic Services (ATS) staff has to stay within the limits of 12 hours a day. The proposal came as a part of the draft Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) on ‘Watch Duty Time Limitations and Rest Requirements of Air Traffic Services Personnel in Air Traffic Services’. According to the... Read More
It has been a tough time for airlines all over the world. The airline industry is a very sensitive one in terms of making profits. On top of that, many Indian airlines are in heavy debts. To manage all the expenses and debt repayment on time, these airlines need cash. Now, when the COVID19 pandemic hit the country, it became a nightmare for the aviation industry. The cashflow stopped when... Read More
The whole world is under a global pandemic at the moment. There is no clarity on when the crisis would tone down. As a result of that, international travel has been stopped completely. Only repatriation flights are operating to bring people back home who are stuck outside. Domestic flights, on the other hand, are operational in India after two months now. However, the chances for international flights to resume seem... Read More
Middle seats have been a hot topic since the time talks for resuming commercial flights started. Everyone has different opinions on what should be done with the middle seats. DGCA on Monday has asked airlines to keep the middle seats vacant to the extent possible. This suggestion from DGCA comes keeping in mind the social distancing norms. But still, airlines are allotting middle seats to the passengers and rightly so... Read More
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