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AI2379 probe: AAIB flags multiple issues; pilot sacked

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- An official preliminary report into the Air India AI2379 altitude-upset incident has flagged multiple issues, including the loss of all three hydraulic systems during the cruise ... Read More


AI2379 probe: AAIB flags psychoactive substance finding, recommends DGCA action

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has recommended that the civil aviation regulator take appropriate action after the pilot-in-command (PIC) of an Air India f... Read More


Civil Aviation Minister asks aircraft makers to speed up deliveries

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Thursday urged global aircraft manufacturers to speed up deliveries to India, saying the country has built a large airport network and ... Read More


Drone industry flags over 50,000 illegal or non-compliant drones in India

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- India's drone industry has flagged the presence of more than 50,000 illegally imported or non-compliant photography and agricultural spraying drones being sold and operated acros... Read More


IndiGo says aircraft constraints haven't deferred routes despite network cuts

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Airline major IndiGo has said aircraft constraints have not resulted in the deferral of any routes or frequencies, even as the airline has made adjustments to its international n... Read More


Overwhelming majority of pilots have accepted revised compensation package: Air India

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- New Delhi, August 29 Tata Group-promoted Air India has said an overwhelming majority of its pilots have accepted the revised compensation and benefits package rolled out as part... Read More


Centre moves to de-risk aircraft leasing, financing

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- As India prepares to induct more than 2,000 aircraft over the next decade, the Centre has begun an exercise to de-risk aircraft leasing and financing for international lessors an... Read More


Centre weighs 100% random dope testing of airline pilots

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Centre is considering expanding mandatory drug testing of airline pilots from the existing requirement of 10 to 100 per cent, with testing to be conducted at random intervals... Read More


Private operators expected to invest Rs.8,622 cr in 11 AAI airports proposed for lease

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Private concessionaires are expected to invest around Rs.8,622 crore across 11 Airports Authority of India (AAI) airports proposed to be leased out in five bundles, documents rev... Read More


Centre gives in-principle nod to lease -out 11 AAI airports in five bundles

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- After extensive inter-ministerial consultations, the Centre has finally decided to lease out 11 Airports Authority of India (AAI) airports through five bundled concessions, offic... Read More