Civil Aviation

IndiGo reports two engine shutdown incidents mid-air, both aircraft land safely

In the second such instance in a time difference of a few hours, an IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Bengaluru on Tuesday reported a mid-air glitch after...

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 6:49 PM

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Makes Surprise Visit To Delhi IGIA Amid Passenger Conge...

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday made a surprise visit to the Terminal 3 of Delhi International Airport amid complaints of...

Monday, December 12, 2022 12:54 PM

DGCA Orders Probe After Fire In IndiGo Aircraft Engine, Plane Grounded For Inspection

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation ordered a detailed investigation to ascertain the cause and said that suitable follow-up action shall be tak...

Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:14 AM

Civil Aviation Minister Scindia reviews safety norms with airline chiefs

With an aim to review the security surveillance of the flights, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday chaired a one-on-one meet...

Monday, July 18, 2022 5:21 PM

International flights to operate with 100 per cent capacity from March 27

The services of all international passenger flights will resume by March 27, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia informed Rajya Sabha o...

Monday, March 14, 2022 6:51 PM

India to resume commercial international passenger flights from March 27

In order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had suspended operations of scheduled intern...

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 6:08 PM

Omicron: Resumption of international flights hangs in balance, India to take decision in 'due course...

As the situation with respect to the new COVID variant continues to evolve, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday said that it...

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 4:23 PM

Mega reshuffle in top Bureaucracy of Govt of India: New secretaries appointed in Civil Aviation, DoP...

K Rajaraman appointed as new secretary of Telecommunications. Devendra Kumar Singh will be new secretary, cooperation. Sujata Chaturvedi is new secret...

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 2:47 PM

Civil aviation ministry allows serving of food on flights

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has now allowed the serving of food on domestic and international flights.

Friday, August 28, 2020 8:49 PM

Union Civil Aviation Minister: Government is determined to privatise Air India

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said that the government is determined to privatise Air India and people are interested i...

Thursday, August 29, 2019 4:13 PM

Jayant Sinha: Airfare cheaper than auto rickshaw ride

Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha claimed that the cost of air tickets was much lesser than that of an auto rickshaw in the present da...

Tuesday, September 4, 2018 3:15 PM

Centre gives green signal for Greater Noida International Airport

Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju on Saturday said, "We have granted approval for the Greenfield International Airport at Jewar, Greater Noi...

Saturday, June 24, 2017 4:42 PM