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DGCA slaps Rs 30 lakh fine on Indigo after special audit finds ‘deficiencies’

The special audit was carried out on the airline following a series of tail strike incidents on A321 aircraft this year.

DGCA removes SpiceJet from enhanced surveillance, says CNBC report

The aviation regulator's decision came at a time when the airline was in the process of settling dues with various lessors who were seeking repossession of its aircraft.

Cash-strapped Go First can now resume flight operations, says DGCA. But conditions apply 

Go First had stopped flight operations in May. DGCA says it can now resume but after fulfilling conditions like getting its flight schedule approved & making interim funding available.

Sensitise pilots, cabin crew members on unauthorised cockpit entry, says DGCA

The advisory also says unauthorised cockpit entry is likely to distract the attention of airline crew, jeopardize the safety of aircraft operations.

DGCA stalls requests by lessors to repossess Go First planes due to asset freeze

Go First was granted bankruptcy protection on 10 May and the lessors argue that it has no rights over planes as the leases were terminated by leasing firms.

DGCA show-causes cash-strapped Go First, stops sale of air tickets with immediate effect

Go First has been given 15 days to reply to the notice, following which a decision on the continuation of their Air Operators Certificate (AOC) would be taken.

Go First says can use funds from govt’s emergency credit line scheme to pay its 7,000 employees

Wadia Group-owned Go First said in petition to NCLT that it owes Rs 11,463 cr to creditors & that its assets 'are not sufficient to meet its liabilities'.

Go First suspends flight bookings till 15 May, DGCA orders timely refunds for passengers

DGCA says it examined Go First's response & is committed to minimising passenger inconvenience in view of abrupt decision to suspend scheduled operations without prior intimation.

Go First files for insolvency, blames ‘failing engines’ supplied by Pratt & Whitney

Go First says its promoters have infused Rs 6,500 crore in airline since its inception & it has sought compensation of Rs 8,000 crore from engine maker Pratt & Whitney.

DGCA ‘issues show-cause notice’ to Air India officials, including CEO, over pilot ‘allowing’ friend in cockpit

An Air India pilot operating a Dubai-New Delhi flight allegedly allowed a friend into the cockpit on 27 February. AI officials have 15 days to respond to notice issued 21 April.

On Camera

Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.