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Will This DGCA Plan Reduce Pilot Fatigue?

 Increasing cases of aviators in India complaining of fatigue and in some cases leading to death have spurred the DGCA to bring in draft rules to reduce stress. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has......

What may have gone wrong with AirAsia QZ8501

 Don't look for a single cause -- a combination of factors is needed to bring down any plane, says Shakti Lumba, a retired pilot with over 35 years experience.In the hysteria that follows an......

Jewar airport needs to chart its own path

 And learn what not to do from the so far jinxed Navi Mumbai International Airport, says Anjuli Bhargava. The airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh, being built at a cost of roughly Rs 6,000 crore......

DGCA tells airlines to film crew breath analyser tests

 The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has instructed all airlines to video record the pre-flight breathalyser tests of their pilots and crew.  The directions were issued last month......

Why India is running short of pilots

 'People have been flying for years on the basis of a police clearance and an airport entry pass.''Then they came out with a convoluted thing -- that your police clearance must be from your place of......

6 years after a revival, SpiceJet is back where it started

 Despite the gains from Jet’s closure, in 2018 and 2019, the airline continued to make losses in many quarters for a variety of reasons, including some mistakes like taking on Jet’s......

Covid-19: Good, bad and ugly of Indian aviation sector

 The year gone by has also forced all airlines to turn the lens sharply on their own costs, workings and internal dynamics, opening their eyes to their vulnerabilities. Fewer, leaner, nimbler......

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