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IndiGo crisis exposes a broken regulatory system

India, Dec. 9 -- Last week's aviation fiasco - continuing this week but beginning to ebb - may have been piloted by the country's leading airline IndiGo, but it was fuelled by a system designed to fai... Read More


Why The Chaos Might Run Deeper

India, Dec. 4 -- Flying within India in the last month or so hasn't been a party. With the implementation of the new flight duty timing limitations for pilots kicking in, delays and cancellations have... Read More


Airport chaos: Why the malaise may run deeper

India, Dec. 4 -- Flying within India in the last month or so hasn't been a party. With the implementation of the new flight duty timing limitations for pilots kicking in, delays and cancellations have... Read More


Hindon and the case for efficient, low-cost airports

India, Nov. 28 -- A latecomer on India's aviation map, the Indian Air Force (IAF) owned-and-operated Hindon airport in Ghaziabad saw its first commercial flight in October 2019 - after much debate and... Read More


Hindon and the case for efficient, low-cost airports

India, Nov. 27 -- A latecomer on India's aviation map, the Indian Air Force (IAF) owned-and-operated Hindon airport in Ghaziabad saw its first commercial flight in October 2019 - after much debate and... Read More


The Cat with Ten Lives

India, Nov. 18 -- For the last couple of months, low fare airline SpiceJet and its chairman Ajay Singh who has been valiantly piloting this rocky boat since the pandemic, has been in the news for a st... Read More


A breather for pilots, better late than never

India, Nov. 13 -- Two years after the office of the director general of civil aviation (DGCA) proposed new guidelines for flight duty timings limitations (FTDL) for pilots and the proposal reached and... Read More


The promise of the Navi Mumbai airport

India, Nov. 7 -- I'll begin with the good news. On October 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). The first phase of the NMIA, built at a cost of... Read More


The promise of the Navi Mumbai airport

India, Nov. 6 -- I'll begin with the good news. On October 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). The first phase of the NMIA, built at a cost of... Read More


An overlooked factor of flight safety in India

India, Oct. 3 -- In November 2023, a Vistara A320 and an Ethiopian Airways B787 aircraft experienced two aircraft collision avoidance system (ACAS) alerts one after the other at Delhi's terminal 3. Th... Read More