The US has said that it was committed to work with India to help it get back the Category 1 aviation safety rating "as soon as possible", a day after Washington downgraded India's ranking, bringing it below Pakistan and at par with countries like Ghana and Bangladesh.
'DGCA cares a damn for human life.'
India must address issues that are plaguing its aviation sector.
Air India is in a better state now than it was when Lohani's predecessor took over in 2011, four years after a merger with state-run carrier Indian Airlines.
A three-member technical team of the FAA carried out the second round of audit of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to check whether corrective steps have been taken to resolve 33 deficiencies the US agency had highlighted during the first round in September.
The inaugural flight took off in the presence of Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma, along with a number of other people.
The disappointment of the year is government's failure in finalising the re-drafted aviation policy.
Whether this happens because DGCA actually cares about the future of the national carrier or for other motives is not clear.
The only two truly successful private airlines in India - Jet Airways and IndiGo - have been set up and run by people who knew the ins and outs of the trade well before they took to the skies.
IndiGo's ascent is not without its risks, however.
Scholarships, sports and spirit define Phee Teik Yeoh, the new CEO of Vistara in India
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
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