Plane that crashed in Afghanistan wasn't Indian: Officials

A more than 40-year-old small aircraft carrying six people that crashed in a rural Afghanistan province was not an Indian aircraft and only did refuelling at the Gaya airport on Saturday en route......

Put aside your arrogance, apologise to people, Tharoor responds to Scindia

Firing a fresh salvo at Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia over the chaos at the Delhi airport due to fog-related flight delays, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said it's a......

IndiGo, Mumbai airport get notices over passengers eating on tarmac

Aviation security watchdog, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), has issued show cause notices to IndiGo and Mumbai airport operator MIAL over the incident of passengers having food on the......

How fog in north India created chaos at Indian airports

It always happens to other people. Or so I thought. Until my flight from balmy Kozhikode to fogged out Delhi was delayed thrice, took off at 12.35 am and then circled over the national capital for......

Waiting for refunds of air tickets booked during lockdown? Good news soon

The government on Wednesday directed online travel aggregators to process pending refunds related to air ticket bookings during the coronavirus lockdown period by the third week of November.......

Five accidents in six months: DGCA grounds flight training at Redbird

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday suspended operations at Redbird Flight Training Academy, one of India’s largest flight schools, across all five of its training......

Commercial pilot licenses to be valid for 10 years now

Commercial pilot licenses will now be valid for ten years, with the government amending rules as part of efforts to further improve ease of doing business in the aviation sector. Photograph: Soe......

Pilot exodus: Akasa stops flights on 8 routes, reduces service on 10 others

Akasa Air has reduced its service on 10 routes and stopped operating flights on eight others since the exodus of pilots began in early July. Photograph: Kind courtesy Akasa Air/Facebook The......