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Foreign airlines' India operations to grow 3% in 2019 winter schedule: DGCA

In total, 85 foreign airlines operated to and from India during last year's winter schedule

Replace PW engines of 13 A30Neo aircraft within 15 days: DGCA to GoAir

Two budget carriers -- GoAir and IndiGo -- have been facing glitches for the last few years in PW engines that power many of their A320Neo planes

DGCA instructs IndiGo, GoAir to replace PW engines on A320neo aircraft

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's civil aviation regulator has ordered domestic carriers IndiGo and GoAir to modify some of their Airbus A320neo aircraft fitted with Pratt & Whitney engines, linked to in-flight shutdowns, within 15 days to avoid their grounding.

Change engines of 16 A320Neo within 15 days or face action: DGCA to IndiGo

IndiGo has a fleet of 245 planes including 89 A320Neo aircraft

DGCA suspends 13 airport staff after they failed alcohol test since Sep 16

Seven employees of IndiGo, and one airside worker each of GoAir and SpiceJet have failed the alcohol tests since the rules were issued

HC directs DGCA, Aviation Ministry to probe into 'optional safety features'

The Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice C Harishankar has directed the DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to consider the PIL as a representation and decide the same expeditiously

DGCA's clerical error forced Pakistan to chase SpiceJet aircraft

The reason for the mistaken identity was a clerical error by an official of India's aviation regulator

Air passenger traffic falls amid slowing economy and lean travel season

Scheduled carriers ferried 11.53 million passengers in September, compared to 11.79 million in August, showed data issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday

Improve customer response system to help passengers: Regulator to airlines

The direction comes as winter season to start soon when fog forces airlines to cancel and divert multiple flights

Airlines asked to send SMSes every 30 minutes for delays, cancellations

DGCA has asked travel agents to share the mobile number of passengers with the airlines for ease in sending flight information updates.

DGCA orders check for cracks in 23 SpiceJet Boeing 737-NG aircrafts

Nineteen passenger aircraft above 26,000 flight cycles and four freighters having above 36,000 cycles of SpiceJet will be affected by the order

A penny in time

Use the money saved post Air India's sale to set up two credible safety organisations in India

DGCA suspends licenses of two SpiceJet pilots over technical lapses

A SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 plan made an air turn back due to pressurisation failure on June 14 this year

Aviation watchdog orders clampdown on TikTok videos by flight crew

Warning comes after it found growing examples of social media posts, especially on TikTok, featuring flight attendants grooving to popular tunes or lip-syncing movie dialogues while inside an aircraft

IndiGo's 3 pilots, 2 engineers grounded for not reporting engine vibrations

On August 30, the aviation regulator had said it was keeping a tab on the issues related to the PW engines in the Airbus A320neo planes and that it would act when warranted

DGCA issues rules for alcohol testing of airside workers

The rules stated that "in case of second violation of the provisions, the license/approval issued by DGCA of the concerned personnel shall be suspended for a period of one year"

DGCA suspends 2 IndiGo pilots for flying plane with tail support attached

The two IndiGo pilots were suspended for 2 months. They were flying Hyderabad-Vijaywada flight on July 24

DGCA suspends SpiceJet pilot for mishearing ATC causing runway incursion

The pilot was a first officer on a Surat-Mumbai flight on July 5 when the incident took place

DGCA asks P&W to deliver modified A320, A321 Neo engines in advance

The modified engines will eliminate the snags of A320 and A321 Neo

DGCA meets airlines over P&W A320 Neo engine, says will take severe action

Two budget carriers -- GoAir and IndiGo -- have been facing glitches in the P&W engine that powers many of their A320 planes