Tag: Directorate General Of Civil Aviation

Jharsuguda: A ten-member team of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) from Delhi and Kolkata reviewed the construction work of Jharsuguda Airport today. The team comprising Joint Director General of DGCA, DK Mahanta arrived at Jharsuguda today and reviewed the ongoing construction of runway, terminals and taxiways at the airport, said sources. Mahanta informed that […]

Bhubaneswar: IndiGo has cancelled as many as eight scheduled departures & arrivals at Bhubaneswar Airport on March 15 and 16 after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) decided to ground the budget carrier’s A320Neo planes over faulty engines. IndiGo flight number 211 which was slated to depart New Delhi at 15.45 hrs and arrive […]

Mumbai: A commercial pilot who made a full-fledged aircraft on the terrace of his residence has been awarded a registration by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, a top official informed here on Monday. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis formally handed over the DGCA certificate to Capt. Amol Yadav, presently a Deputy Chief Pilot with Jet […]

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said that regional air connectivity fund (RCF) levy will come into effect from September 1, 2017. The levy is used to subsidise operations under the air regional connectivity scheme (RCS-Udan). “Central government has decided to revise the date of the levy on schedule flights being […]

Mumbai: Air Deccan, which recently commenced operations with flight services to Jalgaon, has forged a partnership with Air Odisha, under which the two carriers will share each other’s network and resources to minimise costs. While Air Deccan received the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) is nod last week,allowing it to fly on […]

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said that all visas issued to nationals of Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan, on or before March 3, and who have not yet entered India, stand suspended with immediate effect. Those required to travel to India due to compelling reasons, may seek fresh visas […]

New Delhi: The civil aviation regulator has asked airlines to avoid allocating the middle seat to passengers if aircraft capacity allows. “The airline shall allot seats in a manner that the middle seat or seat between two passengers is kept vacant, if the passenger load and seat capacity permit,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation […]

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said it has approved 12,983 weekly domestic flights of airlines for the winter schedule that begins on Sunday and ends on March 27 next year. In last year’s winter schedule, the aviation regulator had approved 23,307 weekly domestic flights. The DGCA said on Sunday it has […]

Jeypore/Rourkela: Even though Odisha government is maintaining as many as 20 airstrips for regional air connectivity purposes, operation of flight services is yet to materialise in all the airstrips except Bhubaneswar and Jharsuguda. Thanks to official apathy, two such airstrips – Jeypore and Rourkela have remained non-functional despite a well prepared runway, air traffic control […]

Bhubaneswar: In a latest development, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the deployment of drones for live aerial cinematography of the India Cricket Season in 2021. Earlier, MoCA had received requests from BCCI & […]